Mendo Local Weekly News — December 21, 2025
A scathing state audit. A record-breaking rockfish. And an identity-theft "factory" in Ukiah.
Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested After Fort Bragg Gas Station Holdup
Suspect taken into custody at Motel 6
Oakland Man Sentenced to Four Years for Running Identity Theft Operation Out of Ukiah Hotel
Unlocked residential mailboxes were targeted, many in Sonoma County
David Eyster's Defiant 27-Page Response to State Audit
D.A. questions whether auditors "have gone rogue"
State Cites DA’s ‘Gift of Public Funds,’ Asset Forfeiture Spending
State audit validates questions raised by county auditor
State Audit of Mendocino County Finds Strained Finances and Fraying Systems
Auditors found District Attorney's steakhouse dinner to be a prohibited gift of public funds
Skunk Train Chief Details Freight Operations, Federal Oversight Amid Eminent Domain Dispute
"Freight is not a big part of our business. But it is part of the business, and people have taken us up on it.”
California Appeals Court Says Public Utilities Need Not Serve Active Customers
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Mendo Local Weekly News — December 14, 2025
Salmon restoration. Major road repairs. A bomb from WWII is detonated in Gualala, and a kidnapping case unravels in Fort Bragg.