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California’s First Legal Indian Killer

UC Hastings’ namesake, Serranus Clinton Hastings, is implicated in the massacre of hundreds of Yuki tribe members. Hastings College of the Law was founded in San Francisco in 1878 as the first law department of…

Counting Down

Three weeks have passed since the election held on June 7, and most statewide and local races, almost all of them in fact, have been decided some time ago. Yet here in Mendocino County, there…

Supes Drop Water Sales Tax: Fire Tax Only

As they say, all’s well that ends well, and that sums up Tuesday’s (June 21) Board of Supervisors meeting where a decision was finally made ending the Great Sales Tax War. Quick background on sales…

County Notes: Gjerde’s on a Roll!

After an entertainingly contentious argument about a potential sales tax on November’s ballot, the Board finally decided to ask County Counsel to draft a ballot measure for a 1/4-cent sales tax measure in November with…

Monkeypox

Monkeypox is a virus in the genus orthopoxvirus, which includes the variola virus that causes the disease smallpox.  It was first identified in the late 1950’s in a research lab in Denmark that was studying…

Off the Record (June 29, 2022)

WITH HALF the County vote tallied by the indefatigable Katrina Bartolomie and her too few worker bees, the only surprise to us at ava headquarters is the Hutchins-Glentzer race for Superintendent of Schools. We assumed…

Valley People (June 29, 2022)

REMEMBERING VERA TITUS A celebration of life is planned for Vera Titus, Saturday, July 16th, 1pm-4pm, at the fairgrounds picnic area. Everyone welcome. A FIRE WAS REPORTED IN YORKVILLE Friday afternoon. We asked Fire Chief…

Final Official Election Results

(Key Races) (52602 registered, 22248 votes counted = 42.29% turnout) Full results: https://www.mendocinocounty.org/government/assessor-county-clerk-recorder-elections/current-election-results

John Ford Declines Fort Bragg

As Friday night’s meeting of the Humboldt County Planning Commission was drawing to a close, Planning and Building Director John Ford confirmed that he will not be resigning next week to take a job as…

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