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Since 1996, Mendocino County has released a "Community Health Status Report" every two years.

I left Ukiah this morning ostensibly to take pictures for my photography class at the college.

Monterey will never again be known as "The Sardine Capital of the World," as it was in the 1930s and '40s, but three fishing boats delivered 135 tons of sardines to Wharf No.

UPDATED INFORMATION: 9 a.m. June 27: Fires have now burned 27,000 acres; the estimate has increased 2,000 acres in past 24 hours.

This weekend, the lightning storms that started more than 100 fires in Mendocino County are expected to return, according to the National Weather Service, The biggest threat is expected to begin at 8 a.m. ...

More evacuation warnings have been issued across Mendocino County as the Lightening fire entered it's fifth day Wednesday morning.

In partnership with the county of Mendocino, county personnel and trained volunteers from the American Red Cross, Sonoma & Mendocino Counties, opened a shelter for those people displaced by the wildfires ...

Editor - Kids might love synthetic turf at first glance, but let's hear what they say after they try to make a sliding catch, or simply skid along the sward on an elbow.

The Ukiah Police Department has identified a person of interest in the death of a man whose body was found on the railroad tracks near Mason Street north of Perkins Street.

Mrs. Frank McKee, daughter of Mrs. Maxwell, and sister of Mrs. H. H. Jarvis of this place, came down by steamer from Shelter Cove last week, on a visit to her relatives here.

Published 10:19 am PDT Tuesday, June 10, 2008 The Mendocino County Coroner has identified the Sacramento man who died while diving for abalone last week as 64-year-old Larry Hashigami.

We regret to learn that our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. M. M. Hazeltine, the well known photographer, is about to remove his pleasant family from this town to make their future residence in Idaho.

A Sacramento-area man has died during an abalone diving trip to the Mendocino County coast.

The schooner Gussie Close which went ashore at Rockport some time ago and afterward was repaired by Thomas Peterson has met with another mishap.

Some cities - like New York, the enormous metropolis explored elsewhere in this issue - sprawl endlessly into suburbia over dozens and dozens of miles.

“And for her to get up and read that poem - I think that's what it was”

ONLY GOD can make a tree, and in the Inland Valley, only La Verne has created the job of city poet. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“The guide features 29 of the 86 Mendocino Historical District Category I buildings; we hope you will discover all 86 for yourself. By walking this picturesque old lumber town, perhaps you will experience a glimpse of life in Mendocino in 1908.”

Actors prepare for the Full Moon Cemetery Walk in Mendocino during last year's Heritage Days. via Mendocino Beacon

There are several factual errors in the diatribe against the California Coastal Commission by attorneys for the Pacific Legal Foundation in the April 21 Another Voice piece. via Ukiah Daily Journal

Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B6 In the ongoing saga that pits man against fish, the news is generally bleak. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

The Lady Washington, scheduled to visit Eureka today through Wednesday, was turned back by gale force winds of up to 50 knots near Point Arena as the ship attempted to sail from Bodega Bay to Humboldt Bay this ... via Eureka Reporter