Mendocino News Network

Mendocino County has responded to a request made by the group Mendocino County for Ethical Investing and divested $3 million from the Royal Bank of Canada. And, Monday was a day without immigrants. The point, according to one protester who posted on Instagram, was to demonstrate that American society is dependent on people with no legal status. But some tactics, such as flag burning backfired. 

California Attorney General Rob Bonta offers guidance to schools on handling federal immigration officers; PG&E completes the final draft of the surrender application and decommissioning plan for the Potter Valley Project; and the planned construction of a Grocery Outlet in Fort Bragg moves forward.

A superior court judge in San Francisco on Monday ruled against the group Fort Bragg Local Business Matters,  upholding the coastal development permit granted by the City of Fort Bragg to Best Development Group to build and operate a Grocery Outlet in the old county social services building on North Harbor Drive and Franklin. The Mendocino Coast Parks and Recreation District has entered into a Mem...

Some mushroom hunters get lost every year and have spent as much as three days in the woods. Linda Doar, 59, spent just one night. She tells independent journalist Frank Hartzell how she got separated from her friends and what she did to stay warm on one of the coldest days of the year.

After more than three years of legal challenges the City of Fort Bragg and Mendocino Railway are looking for ways to work together.  The city council on Monday approved a contract with an organization called Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. to explore a collaborative development strategy for the mill site.  The city will also host a community workshop for mill site visioning and illustrative pl...

Danielle Grilli, an employee of the Mendocino County auditor-controller's office who worked with Paula Kennedy, testified she asked Chamise Cubbison about the pay code that Kennedy was using to pay herself overtime and that Cubbison reacted with surprise. Law enforcement is looking for a suspect or suspects that fired multiple rounds of .556 bullets into residences in Redwood Valley. And residents...

Lt. Andrew Porter, the lead investigator in the felony prosecution of suspended Auditor Chamise Cubbison, acknowledged Tuesday that her former boss played a larger role in the high-profile case than originally presented publicly.

The annual survey of the homeless population known as the PIT Count, will happen Wednesday morning. As senior program manager Megan Van Sant explains, the count is carried out by volunteers, and there are fewer this year than last year. Additional volunteers can contribute to a more accurate count.

The Willits City Council on Wednesday appointed Bruce Burton, owner of the Willits Redwood Company, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of councilwoman Greta Kanne. Burton will serve the remaining two years of Kanne’s term.

The rising cost of garbage collection has been contentious in Willits — as well as elsewhere in the county. The. Willits City Council met on Tuesday, January 21, and discussed a 2.55% increase to the garbage collection fee.

When you bite into a crisp apple, or enjoy local eggs for breakfast, do you ever wonder about the work that went into producing that delicious food? Susanna Sidensticker does - in fact, as the co-owner and co-operator of Bee the Change Microfarm in Willits, she has little time to think about anything else. Bee the Change is a family owned and operated micro farm specializing in raising chickens, d...

In Washington, the U.S Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Round Valley Indian Tribes and the Sonoma Water Agency $15 million. In Sacramento, committee assignments have been made official. We spoke with District Two Assemblyperson Chris Rogers about his committee assignments. And, closer to home, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened the north boat launch at Lake Mendocino. Meanwhile, in U...

New documents filed in the Cubbison case show District Attorney David Eyster’s opposition to Chamise Cubbison more than two years before charging her with criminal misappropriation of funds. Among the documents, an August 30, 2021 email written by Eyster to then Supervisor Glenn McGourty could be central to the defense’s argument that Eyster was committed to finding a way to prevent Cubbison from...

Nominated for two Academy Awards and for the National Book Award, Sayles is here to announce his latest novel “To Save The Man”.  He will be appearing at the Gallery Bookstore in Mendocino Village on January 22nd. Michelle Blackwell, host of the KZYX Upwelling podcast, interviews Sayles.

Gleaming stainless steel nets installed 20 feet below the sidewalk have cut Golden Gate Bridge suicides by 80 percent since they were installed over a year ago. Could similar nets stop future deaths in Fort Bragg?

On Saturday, January 18th, a sister march to the National Women's March on Washington will take place in downtown Ukiah. Women and their allies will begin at 12 p.m. at the Mendocino County Courthouse, and march to Alex Thomas Plaza, where they will gather to share music and information on a variety of issues pertaining to women’s advocacy and more. Jenn Procacci talks with organizer Lynda McClure...

A body was recovered Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. near the cliffs just beyond Main Street in Mendocino.  In addition, a coroner’s investigation of human remains discovered December 23 underneath the Noyo River Bridge positively identified Roy Mora, a 15-year-old Fort Bragg teenager who vanished on December 7. And, a Mendocino County Sheriff's deputy was arrested in Ukiah for domestic violenc...

Fort Bragg councilperson Lindy Peters provided an update at Monday’s council meeting last night on litigation around the proposed Grocery Outlook store at the southern end of town. The lawsuit filed by Fort Bragg Local Business Matters challenging the store’s permit will be heard on February 3 at 9:30 a.m. in Superior Court in San Francisco. Peters also sponsored a resolution proclaiming Fort Brag...

The annual count of Mendocino County’s homeless population is happening on Wednesday, January 29, and the organizers are looking for volunteers to participate on the coast and in the southern and northern parts of the county. In addition, the Willits City Council is seeking applicants for a vacant council seat. Applications are due January 15. As of January 8, there were no qualified applicants.

The City of Point Arena is moving forward on a plan to update the city's pier and to find revenue sources to help reverse a financial implosion that is requiring city employees to work reduced hours. One possibility is a campground in the Point Arena Cove. Meanwhile, at least one desperate person was caught on camera siphoning 60+ gallons in fuel from Coastal Seniors buses.

Superior Court Judge Ann Moorman on Wednesday ordered the case against Chamise Cubbison, Mendocino County's former auditor-controller, to proceed to a preliminary hearing. Moorman will rule on an motion to dismiss after that hearing. On Tuesday the newly elected Board of Supervisors met for the first time. Among their first actions was to elect a chair and vice chair and limit public comment on sp...

At today's hearing, Cubbison's defense attorney will try to convince Superior Court Judge Ann Moorman that Lt. Andrew Porter, the sheriff's investigator who interviewed Chamise Cubbision, Paula Kennedy, and Lloyd Weer acted in bad faith when he failed to preserve the emails he reviewed. Many of the emails were subsequently lost.

Mendocino County is relaunching the mobile spay and neuter van, which is designed to bring essential services to communities across the county, following a successful trial run at the Humane Society of a new van. Thirty-four surgeries were completed, and the van is now ready to expand its operations with helping spay and neuter animals all across Mendocino County.

Cases involving public officials charged with misappropriation of public funds typically involve spending money on fancy dinners, cars, houses, lavish trips — and worse. The unusual case against Chamise Cubbison, Mendocino County's former Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, involves an obscure payroll code that a county employee in charge of payroll used to compensate herself after Cubbiso...

Mendocino County, once ranked first in California for opioid-related deaths, has seen a significant improvement, now ranking 10th among counties statewide. We interview Cara Eberhardt, a doctor specializing in addiction medicine, and Marji Brunelle, an overdose prevention advocate, about the decline.