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Caltrans investigates after Mendocino County highway sign flashes racist message at drivers
Authorities in Mendocino County are investigating after a Caltrans electronic highway sign was tampered with so it displayed a virulently racist message to drivers over the weekend.Saoirse Byrne was on her way home to Boonville at about 9 p.m. Saturday when she saw a horrifying message just after entering Mendocino County on state Highway 128. The flashing road sign, which usually says "Expect Delays," no longer warned of ongoing road construction. The message instead read "N------ aren't welcome."She pulled her car over and set out to disable the vandalized sign. "It's a not-so-veiled threat and not to be taken lightly," she said.The...
DA: Jury deadlocked in trial of Willits man
A Mendocino County Superior Court jury returned from its deliberations July 11 “to announce it was hopelessly deadlocked and would not be able to reach unanimous verdict” in a DUI case against a Willits man, the office of Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster reported this week. In...
Mendocino County Supervisor Appeals to Fair Political Practices Commission Over Primary Residence Dispute
Mendocino County Supervisor Glenn McGourty is asking the state Fair Political Practices Commission to review questions raised about his family’s purchase in May of a coast house located outside his inland supervisorial district. In that transaction, McGourty assured loan lenders the Fort Bragg house will be his “primary residence”...
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