Mendocino County News

Four people vying to become Lake County treasurer-tax collector had their job interviews with the county supervisors in front of in-person and television audiences Tuesday.

Robust reds pair well with a smoky hunk of meat, or even grilled chicken or vegetables.

An agreement regarding the impact of a casino proposed by the Pinoleville Pomo Nation and a contract for the county's mental health services are items on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors' Tuesday meeting agenda.

The news that Mendocino Coast Television must give its building back to Footlighters stunned supporters of local cable access television and has created both positive suggestions and acrimony.

On Saturday, students, parents, faculty and supporters of the Waldorf School of Mendocino County celebrated the spring season with far more than a splash of color.

A Crescent City man found guilty of trying to rob two women at knifepoint in Ukiah just days before Christmas was sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison Friday, according to Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster.

The county is set to take the next step Tuesday in a process that started in 2011 to contract out its mental health services.

The two men will stand trial for allegedly shooting at a pursuing Mendocino County sheriff's deputy during a February high-speed chase.

Four of the seven Mendocino County residents charged in a Kansas federal court for drug trafficking have pleaded guilty and another has a plea change hearing scheduled this week.

FORT BRAGG – Train tunnel No. 1 on the old California Western Railroad has endured a lot of punishment since it was hacked out of the serpentine and metasandstone rock east of Fort Bragg by Chinese and Italian laborers a century ago.

The application deadline for the 2013-2014 Mendocino County Grand Jury has been extended until May 17.

Several Willits crafters have contributed their creations in wood and metal for the My Garden fundraiser, May 25 to support the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.

If you have not come by the Commonwealth Garden recently, now is the best time of year to visit.

An Arcata man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to elude officers while driving a stolen car, the Ukiah Police Department reported.

The first load of debris was removed from the Palace Hotel last week as the first phase of a cleanup plan was implemented, the building's owner told the Ukiah City Council Wednesday.

A Fort Bragg man accused of beating a 5-month-old baby girl to death in December while she was in his care was bound over for trial in Mendocino County Superior Court Wednesday.

On Saturday, May 25th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Mendocino County Museum will host the area's first-ever Mini Maker Faire on its grounds.

The Occidental Hotel in this place changed hands last Wednesday. Frank Gorman of Cuffey's Cove having purchased the stock, fixtures, etc., from C. C. Johnson, who has been proprietor for a year or more.

The news that Mendocino Coast Television must give its building back to Footlighters stunned supporters of local cable access television and has created both positive suggestions and acrimony.

Since service was stopped for safety reasons in the winter of 1996-97, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad has experienced major deterioration through the Eel River canyon.