Mendocino County News

Editor's note: This is the third in a series of four question-and-answer sessions conducted with the candidates for the two Board of Supervisors seats on the ballot next month.

A quick release from jail for a high-priority sex offender has Willits police concerned.

A second innkeeper in the county has been charged with misappropriating transient occupancy tax money by the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office.

An explosion from a propane leak sent a property manager to the hospital when it blew the roof off a residence in the 33000 block of Mill Creek Road in Fort Bragg at about 9:20 a.m. Monday.

"The only thing growing in Northern California is government dollars," said David E. Gallo, Ph.D., at the Center for Economic Development, California State University, Chico Mendocino County Profile Workshop he ...

The Fire Expo 2008 was held on Saturday in recognition of the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week, Oct.

Recent studies suggest one-in-six children between ages 2 and 19 are overweight, according to the Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency.

Deputies were joined by Bay Area law enforcement agencies in the arrest of an Oakland man Sept.

The Redwood Valley-Calpella volunteer fire department had recently been on the go when the Mendocino Lightning Complex fires ignited.

At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Board of Supervisors issued proclamations to every one of the 178 agencies and local leaderships that provided fire protection services during the 2008 Mendocino County Lightning ...

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Mendocino District Attorney's Office filed a four-count felony complaint against David Wilk, owner of the Heritage House doing business as Lantana Mendocino, LLC.

Nevada County now has the largest percentage of voters who participate by mail in California, according to the Nevada County Elections Office.

An 18-month-old girl died Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a vehicle that was leaving a residence in Point Arena.

A Mendocino County Sheriff's SUV, making a traffic stop on Highway 101 Sunday afternoon was rammed from behind by a dump truck.

Terry Cohen, 59, of Laytonville was arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of murdering Sean Piper, 38, of Sonoma County in the 1400 block of Woodman Creek Road near Laytonville.

A 38-year-old Sonoma County man has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday evening fatal shooting near Laytonville.

California vintners are bringing in the grape harvest this month after a challenging year that started with unusually sharp frosts and moved on to smoky summer wildfires.

A 21-year-old Fort Bragg man sought by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office on suspicion of making arson threats last week was arrested Wednesday night.

Mendocino County sheriff's deputies arrested a Willits man on suspicion of bribing a police officer in an apparent effort to keep his Round Valley area grow from being raided.

A 21-year-old Willits man on Monday pleaded guilty to three felonies, including oral copulation with a minor, unlawful sex with a minor and false imprisonment, a District Attorney's Office report stated.