The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet in closed session on Thursday and Friday to conduct performance evaluations for nine public employees including, Public Health Director Anne Molgaard, Public Health Officer Dr. Andrew Coren, and Cannabis Program Director Kristin Nevedal. The board will take public comment before going into that closed session. … Read more
The Mendocino Coast Recreation & Park District announced it has received $602,160.00 in funding, which it plans to use for the operation and improvement of the C.V. Starr Community Center. The funding is made available from a $100 million allocation provided by the State Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom in the 2021-2022 State Budget. The … Read more
The Lake County Planning Commission is set to meet Thursday morning at 9 am and will consider a large commercial cannabis operation to be located near Hidden Valley Lake. The Board of Supervisors overturned an appeal on the project last year. The project continues to be opposed by neighbors and area residents, who have written … Read more
The Ukiah Animal shelter will be hosting a vaccine clinic this Sunday from 10 am-3 pm. Rabies and Microchips will be available at NO COST to the owners and additional vaccines will be available upon request. Licensing will be required for any dogs who receive vaccines during this event if they are not already current. … Read more
The Mendo-Lake Food Hub will receive the 2022 “food business of the year” award from the Community Alliance with Family Farmers this year and will receive the award at the upcoming California Small Farm Conference on March 2, 2022. During the pandemic, the Food Hub initiated a program that provides direct deliveries of local produce … Read more
Tomorrow, Congressman Mike Thompson and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry will hold a Zoom town hall at 7 pm. All constituents of California’s Fifth Congressional District and California’s Fourth Assembly District are invited to attend. Email thompson.townhall@mail.house.gov for a Zoom link or watch live on Rep. Thompson’s Facebook page.
The Department of Water Resources has launched a new website, California Water Watch, that tracks information on current local and statewide water conditions, right down to your own neighborhood. For information about other DWR and State drought response efforts and funding programs, go to drought.ca.gov/.
National Weather Service forecasters are calling for a change in the weather, with clouds building this afternoon with a chance of rain in the forecast and then changing to rain and snow showers possible overnight into tomorrow morning.
Fort Bragg Police have posted on Facebook in hopes of retrieving an envelope with $1,000 cash lost by a resident in her 70’s at the Harvest Market on Wednesday. In surveillance footage, a man wearing a camo jacket was seen picking up the envelope of cash and leaving the store. Keeping the property without making … Read more
A Fort Bragg man has been arrested for allegedly robbing the Chase Bank in Willits on Wednesday. Jonathan Sales was arrested after a Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy apprehended him, as he fled from the bank on foot. A taser was used to subdue Sales, the amount of money taken was found on his person, and … Read more