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…
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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…
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…
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…