A 20-year-old Willits woman, Sophia Johnson, died when the pickup she was driving crashed on southbound Highway 101 at the top of the Willits grade early Friday, the California Highway Patrol said. Her 19-year-old passenger was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Nearly half of ballots still uncounted, the registrar rebuffs a federal ballot demand, and a balanced budget built on defunded roads.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean about 69 miles west of Petrolia on Nov. 4, 2026, drawing 145 "felt" reports from the North Coast. The USGS logged no significant damage, and the National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami danger.
Voter turnout in the 2026 US midterm election reached near-record levels. Nevertheless, less than half the eligible adults in America participated in the election.
With nearly half of Mendocino County's ballots still uncounted, the 3rd District supervisor seat and the Ukiah and Fort Bragg city council races remain undecided. The county's legislative and congressional contests are settled, and six of 14 statewide propositions have been called.
Former Ukiah High teacher and MendoFever publisher Matthew LaFever's misdemeanor case was continued to Nov. 19 for a possible disposition.
Willits’ council turned down a plan to move the Mark Walker sculptures to a Highway 20 park, and approved an airport hangar to keep REACH’s air ambulance based in town.
A fiery two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 east of Fort Bragg seriously injured one driver and led to a DUI citation Tuesday evening.
A judge kept Clayton Lowell's bail at $75,000 after prosecutors sought to jail him over a new drug arrest.
Electing Eric Hart is a defeat of the cronyism and nepotism that characterizes governance here in Mendocino County— a government of little accountability and transparency.
An initial count of absentee ballots shows incumbents leading in Ukiah and Fort Bragg, and all three local measures with more than 70% support.
A federal study estimates rural ambulance services lose $1,500 on each transport.
Supervisors Ted Williams and John Haschak warned that the county's balanced books rest on years of underfunding roads and deferring building repairs.
On the eve of Election Day, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a last-minute legal challenge from the Trump administration that would have forced California to not count over 20,000 ballots that the administration had flagged as being cast by possible noncitizens.
Four of the eight candidates told the city they expect to spend less than $2,000. The four who filed full statements topped out just under $5,000 — and most of the money went to a handful of Fort Bragg businesses.
Mendocino County's registrar refused a Justice Department demand to set aside the ballots of 23 voters it calls "likely" noncitizens and to hand over their records, saying state and federal law forbid it.
Dayniece Shillings, 30, was arrested Saturday, and accused of taking merchandise from Dollar Tree. Lewis Dishman, 44, was arrested for threatening to shoot a sergeant.
Deputies responded to a report of an assault with a firearm and arrested Tyler Vann, 27, on suspicion of shooting another man in the leg.
