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MCSO identifies suspected homicide victim; cause of death still pending
In a press release this week, the the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim of an apparent “violent assault” in Brooktrails last week as 77-year-old Roberta Ann McNeil-Wood. Wood was found dead in a home in the 5200 block of Blue Lake Road in Willits around...
Rainbow Revival: Pride Events Light Up the Mendocino Coast
Queer people and their friends had a smorgasbord of Pride events to attend on the coast last weekend. Many of them started Sunday afternoon at a potluck and bonfire on Big River Beach and finished the night at Xa Kako Dile on Fortunate Farms in Caspar, listening to bands and watching a drag show.
Ukiah Matches Century-Old Temperature Records Amid Heat Wave
The Ukiah Municipal Airport recorded tied historic high temperatures on both Tuesday and Wednesday this week, according to the National Weather Service. On July 2, the temperature reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit, matching the record set in 1924. On July 3, the thermometer climbed to 112 degrees, equaling the high set in 1931.
In the charred path of the Thompson Fire, a Cal Fire ‘mop up’ crew braces for a long, hot season
OROVILLE – The morning sun was already punishingly hot when a 15-firefighter hand crew from Mendocino County hiked straight up a steep ridge, each carrying between 30 and 60 pounds of hoses, chainsaws, fuel, hand tools, food and water. Sweat streaming down his neck, Cal Fire Capt. Robin Noel...
Assignment: Ukiah – Pay us. We’ll fix it, but good
Here’s a short list of things that worked fine until we fixed them, at which point every solution wound up a failure. MARIJUANA: For decades weed supported Ukiah and Mendocino County economies despite it being, at bottom, a criminal enterprise. We had a rising tide that lifted all boats and that also sold a lot of trucks, bought a lot of restaurant meals, vacations and 40-acre parcels. But what about taxes? We need to legalize pot and tax it, we whined. Very smart, us.
77-Year-Old Female Victim from Willits Identified in Ongoing Investigation
This is a press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:. As a part of this continuing investigation, the decedent / victim from this case was positively...
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