You might say it’s better late than never, but the normally inert California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finally took some positive action this Wednesday, Nov.…
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Starting on Saturday, Oct. 26 and continuing through Wednesday, Oct. 30, Mendocino County joined 35 other Northern and Central California counties in a five-day Public…
Have no doubts about the real cause of PG&Es so-called Public Safety Power Shutoff program that has left over half-million Californians without electricity this past…
The 2018 Ranch fire was the largest wildfire in California history, scorching over 410,000 acres throughout Colusa, Glenn, Lake and Mendocino counties. The Ranch fire…
A woman who lives in Mendocino County now but was raised in Oregon, called me after reading last week’s column on the Measure V ordinance…
Measure V was a voter-approved 2016 local ballot measure that mandated that trees killed by herbicides left standing for 90 days were a public nuisance.…
You could say the Silicon Valley “tech entrepreneur and winemaker,” aka, Entitled One-Percenter, got off easy with $3.76 million in penalties for criminally thumbing his…
Some of the hidden costs to PG&E’s “Public Safety Power Shut Off” program are being borne by water districts throughout the state. The water district…
It’s good to be back after a two-week hiatus. This is a busy time of year for the Laytonville County Water District as we have…