Hopland News

A Ukiah California Highway Patrol Officer was honored in Sacramento last Thursday with a Medal of Valor for his attempt to rescue a woman from a car fire on May 13, 2008.

Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. A showdown is looming between grape growers and the agency tasked with protecting fish in the Russian River.

In the spirit of shopping local, I can't think of a better gift than to sign up any wine lover on your list for one or more of the terrific wine clubs at Mendocino County wineries.

Former Hopland Tribal Council members Beverly Rodriguez and Wanda D. Balderama say that they were wrongly removed from their seats on the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Council.

Frigid temperatures and snow on the way this weekend and into early next week may spell trouble for travelers, according to authorities.

A Hopland woman accused and acquitted of embezzlement earlier this year is suing the Ukiah Police Department and two of its officers in federal court for wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution.

When people think about Doctors William Waring and Sid Maurer, they surely don't think about nuts.

The Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation District director released its latest update on water issues facing the district.

Levitan cooked up Galaxy Desserts with Chef Jean-Yves Charon. "I needed a food guy, and he needed a biz guy," Levitan says.

Published: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:16 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:16 a.m. The CHP was investigating a possible head-on crash on Highway 101 near Hopland early Monday involving two vehicles, one possibly a Brinks armored car.

"Viognier is great with turkey," says Jason McConnell, winemaker and co-owner with his wife, Suzanne Jahnke-McConnell, of RIVINO, one of Mendocino County's newest wineries.

Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. A transient was found dead at his encampment near the Russian River in Hopland late Friday afternoon, authorities said.

Area stakeholders made their case at a State Water Board workshop in Sacramento Wednesday for what they have done over a monthslong quest to improve the use of Russian River water used to protect crops from frost damage.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Northern California River Watch, and Coast Action Group today sent notice of intent to sue California's State Water Resources Control Board for authorizing water diversions that harm federally protected salmon and steelhead trout in the Russian River and Gualala River watersheds.

When the Mendocino County Planning Commission meets this week it will hear requests to build and raise communications towers and several requests for minor subdivisions in Redwood Valley and on the coast.

More than 30 community volunteers - ranging from the very young to the just about "old" - have planned a warm moment of theater that should bring smiles and joy all 'round. "This show is a community effort because it brings together the novices and the experienced actors together, many of them children who have never had an experience like this," ...

Talk about fun: We woke early on a September Saturday and drove for breakfast to a restaurant on the shore of Bodega Bay.

A fire that took about four hours to fight destroyed Diamond Jim's Sporting Goods Sunday afternoon.

"I'm the wine guy, she is the olive gal," begins Jim Milone. He and Yvonne Hall are sitting at the handmade redwood slab picnic table inside the vast wine tasting/olive oil pressing warehouse on the south end of Hopland that is home to Terra Savia wine and extra virgin olive oil and Olivino olive processing.

Jaxon Keys may be one of Mendocino County's newest wineries but its new winemaker Fred Nickel brings a wealth of local experience.