LATEST STORIES
Mendocino’s sheriff is a third short on staff — and chasing the money to fix it
The sheriff’s office is running a third short, and Sheriff Matt Kendall is working the county board and a state grant to fill the empty jobs.
Mendocino College displays new art created by students in first mural painting course
Mural reflecting themes of Mendocino College now on display near campus café.
A failed solar inverter has Covelo’s award-winning library passing the hat
The Round Valley library needs $6,000 to keep it running on the sun. The library’s Friends will be at the Blackberry Festival this weekend.
Rally against Jackson forest logging set for Saturday in Fort Bragg
Organizers call for a halt to a timber harvest plan near Chamberlain Creek and passage of AB 2494.
Opinion: California’s Civil Grand Jury is in a hole, and it keeps digging deeper
Training is not remotely adequate, and that’s just the start of serious structural problems.
Willits business owner to host Thursday event highlighting no-cost advising
Small businesses can get advising at no-cost from state program which also helps secure capital.
Your Mendocino: On the rocks at Glass Beach
People walk on rocks at Glass Beach off the Noyo Headlands coastal trail in Fort Bragg.
Opinion: Special districts: When do they make sense?
A thought experiment using the Ukiah Valley provides an answer.
Featured Pet: Penelope
A sweet girl, she needs a constant presence in her life. She’ll reward you with love.
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.
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.
City of Ukiah makes changes to proposed annexation map
Revised map adds area of Brush Street and removes 15 acres.
Opinion: Ukiah operates 14 cameras under a contract with Flock Safety
Why that should make you worried.
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 10-16, 2026
Your weekly guide to upcoming music events in Mendocino County.
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.
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.
COLUMNS & OPINIONS
Your Mendocino County Garden: August
The month the garden and the fire season turn out to be the same conversation — and what to do about that echium.
O’Neill: Farming means to care for others, a love of neighbor and land
“Food and love are the point of everything actually, and sometimes they are the very same thing.”
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.
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: Penelope
A sweet girl, she needs a constant presence in her life. She’ll reward you with love.
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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