Philo News

A volunteer firefighter who collapsed while battling a fire and died Thursday at Ukiah Valley Medical Center apparently had a heart attack.

Technical consultant Susan Estrada reported this month on progress Redwood Coast Connect is making on compiling the broadband surveys started in December when public meetings were held.

Cal Fire Incident Commander Kelly Govette, left, discusses how the area's fires are affecting, from the Arts building at the fairgrounds Tuesday morning.

We learn that on the 15th inst. two children, about seven years of age, while playing, amused themselves by setting fire to McGimsey brothers' barn which was destroyed with its contents, consisting of several ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently announced seven appointments to the Redwood Empire Fair Board.

Jonathan Campbell, 35, of Boonville, was arrested at 4:53 p.m. Monday on Highway 128 at Garden Supply in Philo on suspicion of driving under the influence.

California Pinot Noir lovers take note. Wine lovers with a free weekend, listen up. via Vinography

“I have to say I find this odd given the dedicated bias of KZYX, NPR (National Public Radio) and other public radio sources on any number of left-of-center issues.”

A Mendocino County public radio station has bounced a local newspaper editor from her weekly community affairs program following a contentious on-air marijuana debate. via The Press Democrat

“The longer you work with them, the more you can bring out the best in them.”

Milla Handley stands in the "pinot room," where the wine is finished in wooden barrels. via Ukiah Daily Journal

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Bryon Chad Hammon, 34, of Ukiah, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, driving without a licensne, a probation violation and misdemeanor warrant at the intersection of West Clay Street and ... via Ukiah Daily Journal

The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that the skeletal remains found on a ranch near Philo last month belong to George Cameron Hettrick, 57, of Philo. via Ukiah Daily Journal

Human remains found late last month are those of a missing Petaluma man who disappeared almost a year ago from his cousin's home in rural Mendocino County, authorities said. via Petaluma360

“Using offal has opened up a whole painter's palette of flavors and textures. The flavors are bold and strong, and have the true soul of the animal.”

On a winter day a couple of years ago, I got a call from Karen Bates at the Apple Farm in Philo, asking me if I'd like to join her, her family and a few friends for a weekend centered on a pig. via SFGate

Instead, you'll find the legacy of John Scharffenberger's past as a winemaker and farmer, before he and Robert Steinberg opened a little chocolate factory in South San Francisco in 1996. via SFGate

A handful of faculty, graduate students and interns of the anthropology department are analyzing skeletal remains that were found near Philo Ranch in Ukiah on Jan. via The Orion

“It was as if we were in a drought year”

Drug cultivation in Northern California is a bad trip Posted by Erik Hoffner at 11:48 AM on 04 Feb 2008 Terrain magazine shows how the cozy-sounding northern California agriculture scene is drying up watersheds ... via Gristmill

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. via Chicago.indymedia.org

Mendocino County sheriff's detectives are trying to identify the skeletal remains of a man or woman found near a Philo ranch, officials said Tuesday. via The Press Democrat

With all the fanfare surrounding Cabernet and Pinot Noir coupled with the obsession this country seems to have with Chardonnay, it's sometimes hard for people to remember that California produces a lot of ... via Vinography