LATEST STORIES
Annual Obon Festival in Mendocino celebrates Japanese culture
The event at Mendocino Art Center this Sunday celebrates the town’s relationship with sister city Miasa-Omachi.
Your Mendocino: Black-tailed jackrabbit
A Black-tailed jackrabbit on Fish Rock Road in Yorkville.
For Fort Bragg’s fleet, a salmon season cut short and a cloudy crab outlook
Levels of domoic acid, whale entanglements, catch limits all complicate the picture.
Heat advisory in effect for inland Mendocino County through the weekend
National Weather Service forecasts 100-110 degrees for interior parts of the county.
Small plane crashes in downtown Ukiah
The crash occurred around 10:50 a.m. and involved a PZL-104 model plane.
Opinion: Ukiah operates 14 cameras under a contract with Flock Safety
Why that should make you worried.
City of Ukiah makes changes to proposed annexation map
Revised map adds area of Brush Street and removes 15 acres.
Covelo fire completely contained, crews mopping up
Crews begin wrapping up work on Anderson Fire.
Redwood Empire Fair’s Juniors Department delivers a fresh breath of fair talent
Children’s artistic exhibits reveal opportunities for personal growth and community participation.
Fort Bragg encourages residents to attend informational city fiber network events
City’s new fiber broadband network is almost complete, and early sign-ups for service are beginning.
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FEATURED STORIES
The Feliz fire caught everyone by surprise — and full of excuses
There are more than two months left of high risk fire danger. Get ready now.
Letter to the Editor: Ukiah City Council ignores its own general plans — and decades of advocacy
Waterways that flow through Ukiah should be protected and enhanced. It’s all part of making Ukiah a walkable city.
Point Arena: Mendocino County’s tectonic traveler
California’s coastline tip of the spear, the Point Arena peninsula is home to spectacular landforms and rare and endangered plants and animals.
Mendocino County Superior Court Justice Patrick Pekin makes it official
Giant Alaskan Malamute Bodhi is now the mayor of Mendocino.
Sheriff and growers’ group agree — legalization stacked the rules against legal cannabis
Legalization didn’t make cannabis a crop like any other. It made it agriculture’s stepchild with too many strict stepparents.
A field guide to the little governments that run rural Mendocino
In the unincorporated parts of the county, special districts manage a very great deal.
ARTS & CULTURE
The Mendocino Setlist: August 3-9, 2026
Your weekly guide to upcoming music events in Mendocino County.
Ukiah kids triathlon planned for Saturday
Kids will swim, bike and run at Todd Grove Park this weekend.
Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference offers free evening events Thursday and Friday
Readings by faculty members are open to the public and access to afternoon seminars is also available.
Thousands of festivalgoers camp out and dance under the redwoods, along the river
Connection and community found in festival culture
COLUMNS & OPINIONS
McNear: San Francisco’s ‘06 quake played a role in the construction of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
3 keepers kept the Fresnel lens rotating to warn ships off rocks.
Word Junkie: A thousand words for heat
Mendocino County has its own cure for the inferno—head west.
O’Neill: One foot in the past, one in the present, head in the clouds
This year has seen on point production and exquisite harvests, but there’s always room for improvement.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Mendocino College is for everyone
Record enrollment, workforce development, cultural activities, sports and lifelong learning opportunities support all our communities.
Letter to the Editor: Dead trees in Ukiah’s western hills are a safety issue
Standing dead trees vastly increase a fire’s intensity and impacts.
Letter to the Editor: Mendocino County’s roads desperately need repairs
But voters need guarantees that the proposed road tax will go to roads in an equitable manner.
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ANIMALS
Featured Pet: Cleo
A constant companion, she’s happiest when she’s with her people. Is that you?
They’re on our flag, but do long-gone grizzly bears belong in modern California?
Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.
The predator we lost may return — and the kelp is betting on it
Five years of hand-culling urchins pulled Mendocino’s kelp back at a handful of sites, but the real wager is on a returning sea star.
Alaskan Malamute Bodhi announces victory in Mendocino mayor’s race
At presstime, no concession speech from cavamaltipoo Milo.
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