Mendocino County News

A Laytonville man was arrested Monday for allegedly having methamphetamine after reportedly being seen breaking into a home, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office reported.

The steady flow of bonuses to Wall Street bankers after the 2008 crash, some of them funded with federal bailout dollars, demonstrated - if anyone had a doubt - that sharing the pain is a lost concept in some privileged corners of corporate America.

Mendocino County is projected to end the 2011/12 fiscal year with just over $2 million in the general fund balance, about $1.5 million more than expected, thanks primarily to unanticipated and one-time revenues.

The Rural Veterinary Experience, Teaching and Service volunteers were back in Mendocino County this month, providing veterinary services to residents of Round Valley.

The Willits Dog Park Association is happy to report its initial fundraising goal of $15,000 for the construction of the Frank Grasse Dog Park has been reached.

Former all-girls water ski team coach Rick Kruse was sentenced Tuesday in Mendocino County Superior Court to 10 years in state prison for molesting one of his team members when she was 7 years old.

California Department of Fish and Game wardens have arrested two repeat abalone poachers for poaching and possession of abalone for sale on the black market.

A man banished from a bar in the coastal town of Mendocino was in custody Tuesday morning, suspected of stabbing a bar employee who wouldn't let him back inside the local watering hole, reported Mendocino County sheriff's officials.

The latest campaign finance records indicate that challenger Andrea Longoria leads incumbent John McCowen in fundraising, having collected more than double what he has in the race for Mendocino County's 2nd District supervisor seat.

Knocked out by the charms of Northern California's Napa Valley, early pioneers called it Shangri-La. Today, many San Franciscans grumble that intense tourism development has turned the wine kingdom from paradise to Disney-esque, with Hamptons-style weekend traffic to boot.

The following column was written by Graelyn Brashear: I was taking a walk along the beach one morning a few years back when I spotted the smooth edge of a nearly buried piece of dark sea glass peeking from the wave-washed sand.

Mendocino County native Andrew Tahja was born in a logging camp in Berry Gulch south of Highway 20.

The Willits City Council met Tuesday evening in a budget workshop designed to air out budget issues and provide direction to city staff before a final budget vote.

Angel Jimenez Mendoza, 22, of Philo, was arrested at an undisclosed date and time on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale and conspiracy, and booked at the county jail May 18 under $25,000 bail.

A Redwood Valley man charged with shooting and killing his neighbor pleaded not guilty to the crime Friday in Mendocino County Superior Court.

Two Oakland men were arrested in Mendocino County last month on suspicion of repeatedly poaching abalone to sell it on the black market, authorities said Friday.

The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will now hold its public hearing on whether to oust Brooktrails Community Services District from the Teeter Plan at 9 a.m. on June 11.

Both the Brooktrails and Little Lake fire departments picked up surplus disaster supplies this month from California's Strategic National Stockpile of supplies.

Foes of plans to charge the public an $8 day use fee at more than 20 North Coast beaches gathered in Bodega Bay on Thursday night to plot strategy for California State Parks has applied for county permits to install self-pay stations at 22 beaches in Sonoma and Mendocino counties as a way of generating more revenue.

A house fire in a remote area of northern Mendocino County kept firefighters out all night Thursday and early Friday morning but appeared to have destroyed the residence nonetheless, fire officials said.