State officials overseeing construction of the planned $145 million Mendocino County Courthouse are pushing back against harsh local criticism of its design. In August, when preliminary renderings of the new courthouse were retrieved and published…
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Tom Carter, a longtime North Coast contractor with experience in turning old buildings into new uses, said Wednesday he has secured title to the Palace Hotel, the historic downtown Ukiah landmark. Carter bought Twin Investments…
A newly filed motion to dismiss felony charges against suspended Mendocino County Auditor Chamise Cubbison and fired county Payroll Manager Paula June Kennedy outlines a chaotic criminal case that remains stalled a year after its…
Nine more renderings of the planned $150 million Mendocino County Courthouse in Ukiah have been publicly posted by the state Judicial Council of California, which is overseeing the controversial project. A rendering of the front…
Prosecutors want to question a psychologist who prepared a report supporting the mental health diversion of Mendocino County’s former Payroll Manager, a veteran employee facing a felony charge of misappropriation of public funds. Special outside…
Revised design plans for a new Mendocino County Courthouse show a two-story glass entrance to an 82,000-square foot, seven-courtroom building whose estimated costs have risen to $150 million, according to the Judicial Council of California.…
In a stunning new twist in an already convoluted case, Paula June ‘P.J.’ Kennedy, former payroll manager for the County of Mendocino, is seeking a mental health diversion from prosecution of a felony charge of…
District Attorney David Eyster’s high profile criminal prosecution of the elected Auditor of Mendocino County ground to a halt Tuesday, its outcome hinging on another hearing next week focused on thousands of disputed internal emails…
An outside special prosecutor hired to press a felony criminal charge against suspended Mendocino County Auditor Chamise Cubbison is joining defense attorneys in questioning conflicting County accounts surrounding internal emails, and how they might jeopardize…