The Willits City Council voted unanimously last week to declare a fiscal emergency that includes laying off seven employees, cutting eleven open positions, and consolidating building, planning, public works, water and waste water management into…
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It’s Women’s History Month and the final weeks of the exhibit “A Woman’s Place Was Everywhere: How Working Women Shaped Mendocino” at the Kelley House. This exhibit tells the lesser-known stories of entrepreneurs, nurses, artists,…
Report from Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department Fire Marshall Matt Keizer announced that the new Fire Chief Marty Creel, sworn in November 2025, is no longer with the department. Justin Ebert is the Acting Fire Chief.…
The Mendocino County Library Advisory Board voted Wednesday to continue exploring options for relocating the Ukiah library branch despite county staff declaring that they did not have the funds available to seriously consider a proposal…
The city of Ukiah’s Demolition Review Committee recently approved an application to demolish the former home of the Perkins Street Bar & Grill after conducting a hearing during which no members of the public provided…
Sad news from the old home front this week, as my long-ago classmate and long-time friend and teammate Jeff Burroughs has moved into the big AV in the sky. And though our paths haven't crossed…
This year’s Anderson Valley Variety Show rolled out over two evenings, Friday March 6th and Saturday March 7th. The poster for the event posed this question, “What will you find?” The answer turned out to…
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to move forward with plans to place a 1-cent sales tax measure on the November ballot. If approved by voters, the measure would generate an estimated $5…
On Tuesday, the five overpaid bumblers purporting to be the Mendocino County Board of “Supervisors” laughingly blathersquashed another of lame-duck Supervisor John Haschak’s well-intended but weak proposals. After having been promised by his Board colleagues…