Mendocino News

The 16th Annual Pinot Noir Festival , held for three days starting May 18, 2013, showcased the best Pinor Noir wines from Anderson Valley, a Northern California wine growing region that is ideal for raising the notoriously fickle grape.

On Saturday, students, parents, faculty and supporters of the Waldorf School of Mendocino County celebrated the spring season with far more than a splash of color.

The Mendocino Historic Review Board approved construction of a 9 foot archway in the fence along the sidewalk between Harvest at Mendosa's and Patterson's Pub at the regular meeting on May 6. Originally, Harvest's agent, Kelly B. Grimes, submitted plans for a more intricate archway that exceeded 11 feet.

The news that Mendocino Coast Television must give its building back to Footlighters stunned supporters of local cable access television and has created both positive suggestions and acrimony.

Athletes compete during the Northern California Special Olympics at Terra Linda High School in San Rafael, Calif.

The county is set to take the next step Tuesday in a process that started in 2011 to contract out its mental health services.

On March 31, the cumulative rainfall measured in the Mendocino City Community Services District was 26.81 inches.

Four of the seven Mendocino County residents charged in a Kansas federal court for drug trafficking have pleaded guilty and another has a plea change hearing scheduled this week.

FORT BRAGG – Train tunnel No. 1 on the old California Western Railroad has endured a lot of punishment since it was hacked out of the serpentine and metasandstone rock east of Fort Bragg by Chinese and Italian laborers a century ago.

Humboldt County residents were shaken awake by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake centered 18 miles SW of Rio Dell, California at 6:46 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, . The mild shaker was approximately 19.4 km in depth and there have been no reports of damage.

Presently under renovation and scheduled to open Fall 2013, The Heritage House Resort, once the premier Northern California location, is again offering its majestic Pacific Ocean views and renowned hospitality experience.

The Mendocino Historic Review Board approved construction of a 9 foot archway in the fence along the sidewalk between Harvest at Mendosa's and Patterson's Pub at the regular meeting on May 6. Originally, Harvest's agent, Kelly B. Grimes, submitted plans for a more intricate archway that exceeded 11 feet.

The Occidental Hotel in this place changed hands last Wednesday. Frank Gorman of Cuffey's Cove having purchased the stock, fixtures, etc., from C. C. Johnson, who has been proprietor for a year or more.

Sweet, petite, gorgeous Friday is a demure but curious young lady who loves to explore and to play with other young cats.

The news that Mendocino Coast Television must give its building back to Footlighters stunned supporters of local cable access television and has created both positive suggestions and acrimony.

On Monday, May 13, at 12 p.m., Deputies from the County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team were conducting a marijuana investigation in the 4600 block of Knoxville Road, in Ukiah.

Things happen slowly in California's wine country, and even more slowly in Mendocino.

On Saturday, May 4, runners and walkers from all over Mendocino and Lake counties will gather at Alex Thomas Plaza in Ukiah to participate in the Human Race.

An eager chocolate Lab named Popeye, trained to sniff out invasive species of mussels, will be on duty again at Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino beginning Memorial Day Weekend.

Rosie is quite the bundle of joy. She is a six-month old Lab and German Shepherd mix.