California would overhaul how it manages — and logs — its 14 demonstration state forests, including Mendocino County's Jackson Demonstration State Forest, under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Aug. 27 and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk for approval or veto.
A Great Day in Elk turned 50, Redwood Valley residents file a lawsuit against the Board of Supes for approving a gas station that violated zoning rules to protect health & safety, and Willits residents challenge police vehicles that blend in
After more than three hours of testimony from a standing-room crowd, the Ukiah Planning Commission voted 4-1 on Aug. 26 to recommend that the City Council deny the pre-zoning that underpins the "Ukiah 2026 Reorganization."
A 60-year-old Redwood Valley woman, who was found trespassing on one of her neighbor's properties, tried to fight subsequent DUI charges by raising a necessity defense — saying she fled from the scene to escape immediate harm.
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The Fort Bragg City Council moved nine zoning ordinances through first reading on Aug. 24, a rewrite that reaches into both residential neighborhoods and the city's commercial districts.
Fort Bragg's new prohousing designation could make the city more competitive for state and federal funds for housing.
A coastal zoning code overhaul, a $35 million wastewater infrastructure plan, and opposition to offshore oil drilling filled a meeting that ran until 9 p.m.
Willits residents Robin Leler and Sherrie Ebyam are candidates in an as-yet-uncontested election for the Willits City Council.
The two-page letter was written to end a lawsuit. But its most important passage concerns the contaminated water body at the center of the town's fight over its coastline, and what the city told the company it would, and would not, ask the state to do about it.
