THE ANNUAL RANCHERIA RESCUE, 2012. Usually it happens this way: A kayaker, or a group of them, underestimates the time it will take to schwoosh the rain-swollen Rancheria from Mountain View Road to Hendy Woods.…
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THE NEW COUNTY COURTHOUSE is proceeding whether the rest of us want it or not, and few people apart from our cossetted cadre of judges, do want it. A new County Courthouse is not needed.…
THE WILDEST WEATHER in some time has been pounding the Northcoast, with Anderson Valley absorbing a dozen direct lightning strikes between Boonville and Philo with accompanying blasts of thunder Thursday night/Friday morning. We expected to…
BREAK THROUGH LEAD SENTENCE by Derek Moore in the Press Democrat's Christmas Eve weather story: “After a break in the weather, rain is expected to return to the North Bay Christmas Day right around the…
ACCORDING TO State Controller Data for 2011 Mendocino County had 108 employees whose individual total compensation (base pay, benefits and overtime) exceeded $90k per year. The total cost of these 108 top paid people was…
MORE WET WEATHER AHEAD for Mendocino County and surrounding areas. Highway 128 was closed near the mouth of the Navarro River on Sunday and is expected to stay that way off and on for the…
FROM THE CHP'S Ukiah office: “Highway 175 was under water near Highway 101 and Hopland Friday morning into the afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. ‘It floods there all the time, but it floods…
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON Mendocino County Counsel Tom Parker issued this succinct press release: “The County of Mendocino filed a motion to quash the federal grand jury subpoenas issued by the United States Attorney for the…
SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN said Wednesday that the “internal investigation” he launched in the wake of a multifaceted federal pot raid on property owned by the family of his Under-Sheriff, Randy Johnson, is now complete. Allman…