LATEST STORIES
Cal Fire suspends burn permits for Mendocino County
Agency recommends ensuring 100-foot defensible space around homes.
City of Ukiah answers, “why annexation?”
Ukiah city officials explain purpose of proposed annexation.
The Mendocino Setlist: June 15-21, 2026
Your weekly guide to upcoming music events in Mendocino County.
O’Neill: Water is the miracle that makes life possible
Our new storage tanks create ripples of positive energy throughout the farm and the community.
Saturday’s Fort Bragg Pride March draws a large, festive crowd
The students who organized the event were surprised and thrilled with the turnout.
California students must soon learn personal finance to graduate. Here’s how it will be taught
California will require all students to take a personal finance course in order to graduate high school, starting with the class of 2031.
A Hopland grower keeps his vines alive while the vineyards around him go wild
Mendocino County can now fine owners of neglected vineyards up to $1,000 an acre. Steve Amato says most of them are too broke to clean up — or to pay.
Bridge collapses under vehicle near Covelo
Driver escapes with minor injuries despite car landing on its roof.
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FEATURED STORIES
The Potter Valley bid that makes no sense
PG&E says pumped storage won’t work. But a 158-page document shows that is likely not the object of a SoCal hail mary.
Ukiah’s North Coast Opportunities is letting go of program after program
In two years the half-century-old community action agency has closed or handed off roughly seven program lines across Mendocino and Lake counties. No one will say why.
Charlie Harris’ book Mendo explores Mendocino County’s pot boom and bust
The county’s libertarian leanings, where the left can snuggle comfortably against the right, benefited many until reality intruded.
ARTS & CULTURE
The Mendocino Setlist: June 15-21, 2026
Your weekly guide to upcoming music events in Mendocino County.
The 19th annual Mendocino Film Festival last weekend of May
The festival will screen 80 films across three Mendocino venues and one Fort Bragg theater.
Senegalese goat skin drum to be gifted to Mendocino Art Center
A special ceremony will be held Saturday at the center to celebrate the drum.
The Outlaws of Mendocino relies on tradition — and breaks the mold
North Bay teacher Joseph Roberts makes a movie about his robber ancestor.
COLUMNS & OPINIONS
McNear: It’s graduation time at Mendocino High — in 1926.
The school yearbook detailed what each student imagined life to be in 1946. Nobody predicted World War II.
O’Neill: Roots give and they take—and they don’t rush
The miracle of growth fills us with wonder.
McNear: Mendocino’s low water table birthed the town’s iconic water towers
Noisy windmills of all designs powered water from shallow wells up into the towers.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Vote No on Measure A
Both proponents and opponents of Prop. 13 can coalesce around a “no” vote.
Letter to the Editor: What about other people’s water rights?
Lake Pillsbury is the giver of life for the Potter valley tribe and for farmers.
Letter to the Editor: I commend Supervisor Ted Williams for supporting Assembly Bill 2494
Jackson Demonstration State Forest needs management for climate and recreation.
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