by Edgar Sandoval (The New York Times) The Trump administration is deploying a battalion of 700 Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel, the United States Northern Command said on Monday. The…
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by Friends Of The Eel The Eel River dams will never produce hydropower again. The unreliable water supply they allow to the Russian River will fail as geology and physics proceed. Pacific Gas and Electric’s…
The New York Yankees are coming to Sacramento — more specifically to West Sacramento. It's like saying Picasso is coming to your drawing class. I'm born of New York Yankee blood, so to think that…
There are many unknowns regarding life after the Potter Valley Project, but one thing is certain: If diversions from the Eel River Watershed to the Russian River Watershed continue once the Pacific Gas and Electric…
The Mendocino Film Festival hit its 18th anniversary this year, films were screened in both Mendocino Village and Fort Bragg between May 29th and June 1st. The program tells us that this festival “celebrates the…
According to an item buried deep in next Tuesday’s board agenda packet the county is no longer planning to institute a “hiring freeze.” Instead they will call it a “strategic hiring process.” That “process” is…
June 3, 2025 To: Ukiah City Council and Staff: Mendocino County Farm Bureau is opposed to the City of Ukiah’s Annexation plan. The proposed plan would endanger farmland through urban sprawl, increase conflict between urban…
In a recent review of two novels by Native American author Tommy Orange, Francine Prose comments on what she calls “the land acknowledgment” phrase that is recited at many public meetings from coast-to-coast. In San…