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Jury Deadlocked In First Trial Of Hopkins Fire Suspect

The first trial of a man charged with setting a fire that destroyed about 30 homes in Mendocino County recently ended in a mistrial, according to court documents. Three years after Devin Lamar Johnson, 23,…

Mulheren Gives Ukiah $3 Mil A Year

For years Ukiah City officials and County officials have been unable to reach a tax sharing agreement which both Ukiah and the County would approve. After all, on one level the outskirts of Ukiah are…

Public Health Merger Problem Needs To Un-Happen

While I’m pleased to report that I was successful in resolving the Brown Act mess relative to a confusing proposed administrative merger of Public Health and Behavioral Health (formally Mental Health) under a single Director,…

How to Make a Dream Come True

Driving down Redwood Avenue past Fort Bragg High School you will come to Alger Street, making a left you will drive past the school bus barn arriving to find yourself in front of a charming…

Assignment: Ukiah – Local Bosses 17, Historic Buildings 0

For many years city administrators have worked, if only by doing nothing, to destroy Ukiah’s history and its most treasured buildings. There may be other, more sanitary explanations for how it has come to be…

County Agenda Notes (June 5, 2024)

ITEM 4b on next Tuesday’s Supervisors agenda is: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Ratification of Motion to Waive Rule #27 of the Rules of Procedures to Reconsider Agenda Item 4i from the May 7, 2024,…

Judy Basehore Celebrates Her 90th

Judy Basehore was determined to usher in her 90th year with a bang — a really great dance party. And she succeeded. On Saturday night May 25th the Anderson Valley Grange was filled to the…

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