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Mendocino County Fair 2025

The Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show came to Anderson Valley September 12-14th this year and it was the 101st time this has happened. This year’s theme: “Mendocino County Coastal Adventures” reminded everyone that the…

Misplaced Priorities, Muddled Mismanagement

And a $3,000 Comfort Support Dog For The DA’s Victim Witness Office. Agenda item 4b for next Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting is entitled: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval or Denial of Requests from Department Heads…

Major Crisis In Family And Children’s Services

What started out during public expression at last Tuesday’s Board meeting as a seemingly innocuous staff request to delay a planned organizational restructuring, has turned out to be a major crisis in Mendocino County’s Family…

Housing As A Human Right Vs. Voting To Punish Homelessness

On September 17, 2025, the Ukiah City Council voted unanimously to amend Ukiah’s anti-camping ordinance. The changes were presented by City Assistant Attorney Darcy Vaughn and Police Chief Tom Corning, who insisted the ordinance was…

Going Nowhere Slowly

“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going because you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra Toward the end of Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Board Chair John Haschak…

Growing Pains

Probably sensing that Ukiah wasn’t exactly a hotbed of investment opportunities in 2017, the Bank of America closed their big downtown branch office. BofA then placed their form-does-definitely-not-follow function of an eyesore of a  building…

City Of Willits Prepares For Layoffs As Bankruptcy Looms

Confronted with a $2.23 million deficit, the Willits City Council will consider proposed budget scenarios at its September 10 meeting, including options that involve staff cuts. “If we continued the city of Willits budget the…

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