Cloverdale News

A 26-year-old Cloverdale man drowned in Lake Mendocino about 4:10 p.m. Friday. Matthew Arreguin was camped at the lake with friends and family, according to a report from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

Sonoma County's heatwave should ease considerably by Tuesday, with temperatures that have been in the high 90's reaching just the 80's by mid-week. Even so, we do have a Heat Advisory and a Spare the Air Alert in force through Monday night, at least.

For years, one of the chief goals of local government and business has been to bring a second fiber optic line into Humboldt County.

I've had a Bear Republic stout , the red and the brown as well as a pale ale and liked them all... but then there's this one made with, you know, rye.

Investigators in Santa Rosa on Thursday announced the arrest of a third suspect in connection to a shooting at a college party in May that left a man seriously wounded with a gunshot to the face.

GARBERVILLE An errant driver caused a pileup with few injuries Tuesday morning in the northbound lane of Highway 101 north of Oilwell Hill in Mendocino County.

Building a railroad isn't easy. It's even harder in the middle of a massive recession and an unprecedented credit meltdown.

Chance Wayne Smith Jr., 21, of Cloverdale, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in the 400 block of East Perkins Street at 10:29 p.m. Thursday.

Sonoma County's transient occupancy taxes were down 10 percent in the final quarter of 2008, according to a report released by the Economic Development Board today.

On Sunday, May 24, Joyce Sousa of Hydesville rode Arabian horse LV Integrity and raced to a first place finish at the Owyhee Fandango International Endurance, 100 mile ride held in Oreana, Idaho.

Fifteen-year old Potter Valley High Freshman Jessica Crowhurst has been nothing if not busy for the past six years.

The California Supreme Court today upheld Richard Allen Davis' death sentence for the 1993 kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas.

After being shuttered to the public for nearly two decades, the lone winery in Asti, south of Cloverdale, is again buzzing with visitors, fulfilling a destiny that dates back to California wine's formative years.

An additional $155 million is needed to get passenger train service up and running between Cloverdale and Larkspur in 2014, but the funding gap has not derailed the project.

Forget the oxymoron of clean coal. As for "drill, baby, drill" mantra, oil is so yesterday.

Round Highway 1 past Little River and the village of Mendocino appears before you like the last outpost of civilization at the edge of the world - its windswept clapboard cottages and jagged bluffs staring down the maw of the Pacific Ocean with all the gritty defiance of a seafaring Calamity Jane.

Rooted is the first word that comes to mind when describing Paul Dolan. As a fourth generation winemaker his family "roots" are part of California's wine history.

Foster's Wine Estates Americas Co., headquartered in Napa, Calif., is an operating company of Foster's Group Ltd., based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Thirteen Hopland area wineries open their doors and their barrels to wine lovers and adventurers during this weekend for its annual Spring Passport Weekend.

A minor earthquake has struck in northern Sonoma County, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.