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The Mendocino County Executive Office Announces Swearing-In Ceremony For Newly Elected And Re-Elected Mendocino County Officials The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will conduct a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected and re-elected Mendocino County officials…

Seed Saving Tips

The Mendocino County Library, Ukiah Branch is hosting a Seed-Saving Workshop: Planning Your Vegetable Garden with Seed-Saving in Mind On Saturday, January 17th, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Mendocino County Library, Ukiah Branch is…

Are There Republicans In Mendocino County?

Republicans to Meet in Ukiah — The Mendocino County Republican Central Committee will meet Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at the Henny Penny Restaurant, 697 S. Orchard Ave (corner of Gobbi),…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Jan 2, 2015

New Year Quakes;
Soccer/Football Honors;
Richard Robinson;
Bottorf Recovering;
Catch of the Day;
Police Reports;
Cuts & Perks;
Drought Over?;
The Turk;
Poverty Lines;
Palestinian Moves;
New Laws;
Genetically Engineered Trees

Inside Moves

While he was chief of the Fort Bragg Police Department Scott Mayberry falsely accused one of his officers of leaking an official incident report. That's a serious charge. Any reader might rightfully ask, how'd you…

Passing Through

I found myself on the grassy series of knobs headed uphill into dark woods, the old stage coach route which picked out a somewhat more precarious path along the coastal bluffs than the present highway,…

How to Live

Flocks of sandhill cranes fly overhead during the day, millions of the birds wintering in our river valley. They choose more or less V formations, but not as pronounced as the Canada geese do. The…

Somewhere, Vern Piver Is Laughing

The following is a chronological collection of stories and comment arising from Fort Bragg High School's "disinvitation" of Mendocino High School's girl's and boy's basketball teams because the Mendocino teams planned to wear I Can't…

Mendocino County 2014: The Big Stories

Swindle of the Year. Privatization of County Mental Health steered by a former employee of the beneficiary, Ortner Management Group of Yuba City. The deal was engineered by that former employee, an oleaginous little fellow name Pinizzotto who has since been magically appointed to a boss position in what remains of the County Mental Health apparatus. The Board of Supervisors denounced the grand jury for pointing out the legal conflicts of interest benefitting Pinizzotto and his former employer, the Ortner Management Group. Pinizzotto reports to the supervisors on the swell job his former employer is doing. Pinizzotto has used his position with the County to do special favors for Supervisor Hamburg.

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