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California Attorney General Rob Bonta offers guidance to schools on dealing with 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 on the 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, a former employee of the Mendocino County auditor-controller's office, cast doubt on the criminal accusation against former auditor-controller Chamise Cubbison. Law enforcement is looking for a suspect or suspects that fired multiple rounds of .556 bullets into homes in Redwood Valley. And residents of Point Arena demanded code enforcement and a vacancy ordinance.

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.

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.  Sayles has published 8 novels and a short story collection. “To Save The Man” tells the dual story of the Carlisle Indian School and the Massacre at Wounded Knee.  It juxtaposes the lif...

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 speaks with Lynda McClure, one of...

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 on litigation around the proposed Grocery Outlook store at the southern end of town. The lawsuit filed by Fort Bragg Local Business Matters will be heard on February 3 at 9:30 a.m. in Superior Court in San Francisco. Peters also sponsored a resolution proclaiming Fort Bragg's support for immigrants that was unanim...

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, a man 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. Allegedly, a county employee in charge of payroll used the code to compensate herse...

Mendocino County ranked #1 for opioid overdoses among California counties in 2021. Today, Mendocino County ranks 10th. We explore the reasons why in this newscast. In addition to organizations like Fort Bragg’s Care Response Unit, Mendonoma Health Alliance in Gualala, MCAVHN Care and Prevention Network in Ukiah, and SafeRX Mendocino in Willits, there are individuals like Marji Brunelle who have ma...

2025 got off to a cold and soggy start, but that did not deter the Big River dippers, a group of about two dozen friends with a high tolerance for freezing cold water and a desire for a new perspective. We spoke with Hayley Ross who was bracing herself for her first dip. And, we all might want to brace ourselves for the changes 2025 will bringing, starting with a slew of new state laws. We look at...

For the last few weeks steelhead trout, coho and chinook salmon have been making their historic trek from the ocean to their spawning grounds. As the fish swim upstream, they are being closely watched. Coho, steelhead and chinook are endangered and threatened species.  And new state and federal water rules, announced just before Christmas could make things even worse for salmon in the Bay Delta. W...

Mendocino County is in the midst of a homeowner's insurance crisis, and while the problem is statewide, Mendocino is one of the 28 counties ranked as distressed, meaning that insurance companies have rated more than 20% of the properties here at high, or very high, risk of wildfire. Jenn Procacci speaks with Cindy Nelson from the Covelo Fire Protection District on the importance of defensible spac...