The 2024 North Coast Wine Challenge, which took place earlier in the month, included more than 1,000 wines from Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Lake, Mendocino, and parts of Solano counties. Wines placing in the best of categories include from Lake County- Brassfield Estate Winery’s 2021 Grenache from High Valley and from Mendocino County-Pennyroyal Frams 2023 PinoTrio, … Read more
The Northwest Forest Plan Area Federal Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday through Thursday to provide updates for the Northwest Forest Plan Amendment. The committee brings together from across the Northwest Forest Plan landscape to inform the plan amendment. The Northwest Forest Plan, established in 1994, covers 24.5 million acres of federally managed lands in northwestern … Read more
A Fort Bragg man who has successfully eluded law enforcement after shooting his neighbor in January has been captured. Michael Anthony Jones was able to hide from officers on three separate occasions, once with the help of a Fort Bragg woman. Rachel Hunt was arrested last week on a felony warrant, aiding a wanted person … Read more
Hands Up Lake County 2024 is accepting applications through May 31st. The nonprofit, 1Team 1Dream, encourages small businesses and startups to apply for the one-of-a-kind competition that offers a “hand up” to those willing to put their ideas and plans to the test. More information can be found at 1team1dream.net, and on social media. —
The 22nd Annual Ukiah Haiku Festival has received over one thousand entries this year. The Festival is sponsored by California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Art Now International, and Wave Books. North Coast Opportunities is the event’s fiscal sponsor with help from the Mendocino County Library, the City of … Read more
A homemade spear made from a wrought iron fence picket was one of the weapons used in a fight among a large group of juveniles at the Ukiah Skate Park over the weekend. UPD officers responded to the scene to find some using baseball bats and knives as weapons. UPD and Mendocino County Sheriff’s officers … Read more
The Middletown Area Town Hall or MATH will meet Thursday at 6 pm. The earlier meeting time is to allow for a community workshop on the Middletown Area Plan. The group will hear an update on the Middletown Art Center’s Water Basket Project. Members will also consider approving MATH’s proposed response to the Lake County … Read more
Community members and landowners are invited to take part in an in-person workshop put on by the FireScape Mendocino Core Team. The event is scheduled for Thursday, the 25th from 1:30 to 7:30 pm. Attendees will explore ways to help shape experiences on the fire-prone landscape in and around Mendocino National Forest. More information can … Read more
A man who has been a fugitive for more than 30 years who was caught by Ukiah law enforcement last year entered a guilty plea just before he was about to stand trial. Kourosh Sadeghi, a citizen of Iran, had been hiding in plain sight in the Laytonville area. He pleaded no contest to false … Read more
Savings Bank and Integrity Shred are putting on a series of shred events in May. The public is invited to bring up to three 35-pound boxes of documents for secure onsite shredding. There are events scheduled for Lakeport, Willits, Fort Bragg, and Ukiah. Contact Savings Bank for more information.