Thousands more official county emails thought destroyed or corrupted have been recovered, further ensnarling a pending criminal case against Mendocino County’s elected Auditor and a former county payroll manager. At a hearing on Thursday Superior…
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Mendocino County Supervisor Glenn McGourty is asking the state Fair Political Practices Commission to review questions raised about his family’s purchase in May of a coast house located outside his inland supervisorial district. In that…
A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco delivered a setback this week to a bid by the city of Ukiah and former Police Chief Noble Waidelich to dismiss a federal civil lawsuit alleging he…
I swear the sweltering desert heat sobered me up 17 years ago as much as the program at the renowned Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage. I arrived there 17 years ago today and sweated…
The state Controller’s Office says Mendocino County Board of Supervisors shoulders significant blame for the chaos gripping county finances. State auditors specifically cite the board’s failure to conduct a “risk assessment” of its controversial consolidation…
A sweeping state audit of Mendocino County practices, including finance, contracts and procurements, and elections, will be conducted over the next 18 months after legislative approval of a bill that now only needs the governor's…
Guidiville Rancheria was awarded a fraction of the millions of dollars in public funds it sought to demolish the Palace Hotel. The $200,000 state award was announced in a letter late Wednesday afternoon. It was…