Ukiah News

Living on the fringe of death in Iraq, Abu Abbas was asked by a militia to kill Sunnis in his own neighborhood.

Greetings! A Another action-packed market this weekend. For starters, I expect two all-new vendors.

The Willits man fatally injured in a car crash Thursday near Garberville was Joshua Silva, 25.

Note: Tommy Wayne Kramer is reportedly "too distraught" over the death of Michael Jackson to be able to prepare a column for today's Daily Journal.

A three-car accident involving two pickup trucks and a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 101 near Garberville ended in two fatalities Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

In the Modifieds class the race was won by Corey James from Laytonville. The Ukiah Speedway hosted the next "King of the Hill Challenge Series" event last Saturday night.

A helicopter used to train cops in aerial surveillance crash-landed in the hills of Cow Mountain east of Ukiah after its pilot and a Lake County policeman stopped for fuel in Ukiah last week.

The 2009 Ukiah Boys and Girls Club Fund Drive hosted by The Daily Journal climbed past $100,000 in its final days.

Police have yet to conclude their findings on what caused a 28-year-old man to put his hand through a car's side window on Thomas Street last Thursday afternoon.

I returned from Europe with no money and a sore back, which is a pretty shabby way to treat a tourist.

Fire season was made official last week when CalFire's Mendocino County headquarters announced that burn permits would be suspended until noted other wise.

Musical superstar Michael Jackson, 50, died Thursday, of apparent cardiac arrest just as he was preparing for what would be a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 in London.

Thirty-five inland Mendocino County residents demonstrated in the noonday sun to show Congressman Mike Thompson that there is strong support for single payer health care reform in his Congressional district.

Summer school is under way in Ukiah for those with the most academic need even while many districts across the state have eliminated summer school due to budget cuts.

Friends of the Farmers' Market, Greetings. A Have a favorite farmers' market? A If so, you may be keen to know that there are suddenly two different on-line contests to vote for your favorite.

Take Action! Universal Health Care, Ukiah Demonstration, Courthouse, Today Thursday 12 Noon, 6/25 [Updates 1 & 2] In !ACTION CENTER! , *Janie Sheppard Blog on June 24, 2009 at 6:03 pm To demonstrate how much universal health care means to Mendocino County, let's meet on Thursday at 12 Noon in front of the courthouse in Ukiah.

The 2009 Ukiah Boys and Girls Club Fund Drive hosted by The Daily Journal continues.

The July 4 fireworks that traditionally brighten the night's sky over the Redwood Empire Fairground will be silent this year due to a lack of interest in collecting funds, said CEO Jennifer Seward on Wednesday.

On Thursday, June 25, Writers Read will feature Ukiah poet Bill Churchill. Bill teaches modern languages at Santa Rosa and Mendocino Colleges.

For 36 years, the familiar voices of Justine and Michael Toms, co-founders and hosts of New Dimensions Radio, have been heard on the airwaves throughout the country and the world.