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Shivelight: New Mendocino County Courthouse Design – A Second Look

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…

Partisan Politics In Nonpartisan Elections

In 1986 California voters supported Proposition 49 by a 56% to 44% margin. Both the state senate and assembly had approved the idea behind the proposition by more than a two-thirds majority. Prop 49 amended…

County Agenda Notes: Doing Less With More

For next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, lame duck Supervisor Glenn McGourty has prepared a “presentation” (i.e., a few casual notes typed into a PowerPoint format-template) alleging that the Supervisors need more “staff support” so…

Finnish Americans On The Mendocino Coast

Visiting the Guest House Museum in Fort Bragg is a quick way to transport yourself back in time. Built in 1892, it is a gracious building that was originally the private home of the original…

Ukiah City Council Chickens Out On Prop 36

The state of California needs to abandon the Pandemic-era failed experiment with emptying its jails via “catch-and-release” policies that allow crooks and criminal misfits to avoid incarceration. Some of these new laws and policies seriously…

Higher Pay = Less Work, More Workshops

As expected, nothing much of significance arose at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. But first, let’s go back to the Board’s April 23, 2024 Board meeting when Supervisor Ted Williams asked CEO Darcie Antle for…

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