Point Arena coastal locals, who at first welcomed the Bureau of Land Management’s takeover of the Stornetta Public Lands, are becoming increasingly alarmed as they witness the destruction caused by clueless humans flocking to Point…
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BIG ORANGE ON THE RAMPAGE by Will Parrish Since Thursday, CalTrans' destruction along the southern portion of the proposed Willits Bypass route has been unrelenting. The roughly 1.5-mile long and 200 foot wide swath where…
MONDAY AT THE WILLITS BYPASS by Jennifer Poole, Willits Weekly www.facebook.com/WillitsWeekly Caltrans contractors continued work along the bypass route over the weekend in Willits, felling trees and clearing brush in multiple locations. All three tree-sitters…
THE 12-YEAR OLD GIRL who went missing Thursday morning was safely found at a relative's home in Santa Rosa on Sunday. Jenica Fredrick was reported missing to the Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) in the…
BYPASS PROTEST UPDATE by Jennifer Poole, Willits Weekly www.facebook.com/WillitsWeekly Initially, seven protesters who didn’t leave were arrested Thursday morning, and later that afternoon. Warbler is still sitting high in the Ponderosa pine tree off Highway…
DAN GJERDE, newly elected 4th District supervisor, provided crisp, to-the-point answers to several questions we put to him this week: AVA: Are you commuting to Ukiah from your home in Fort Bragg? GJERDE: I sometimes spend…
WILLITS WEEKLY'S CAT LEE reporting from the CHP press conference Thursday regarding the Willits Bypass and related protest(s): Eight arrests, no violence, no resistance, no destruction of equipment or damage to land. Protesters transported to…
WHO’S IN THE POOL? Editor, Thursday, March 14, at 1pm, Mendocino County Treasurer, Shari Schapmire, convened a “Roundtable Discussion” of the Mendocino County Treasury Pool. We met in Conference C at the County Administration Center…
WILLITS BYPASS? Hard to understand. The traffic through Willits is an embarrassment always and impossible on weekends. You can avoid through-town traffic by turning right at Brown's Corner and going over to Center. Can short-cut…