Mendocino County News

A 26-year-old Cloverdale man drowned in Lake Mendocino about 4:10 p.m. Friday. Matthew Arreguin was camped at the lake with friends and family, according to a report from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

Independence Day celebrators will be breaking the law if they light any kind of fireworks as all types are illegal in Mendocino County.

While Kevin & I are in Alaska, we've asked some friends and colleagues to post on their wine loves, wine experiences and more.

Fire season was made official last week when CalFire's Mendocino County headquarters announced that burn permits would be suspended until noted other wise.

Sales of items in Willits subject to sales tax dropped by 13.8 percent in the first quarter 2009, compared to the same period in 2008, in an estimate released this month by MuniServices.

A young sea lion that was rescued after wandering onto Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland on Monday is continuing to recover at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, center spokesman Jim Oswald said Friday.

It's all happening very quickly. Almost all California State Parks are on the verge of closure; all but 60 parks are targeted.

The sounds of shots fired along a south Humboldt County roadway brought the scant law enforcement agencies in the region to converge on a rental car on Highway 101 in Mendocino County Saturday afternoon, leading to the arrest of three Los Angelenos on suspicion of armed robbery.

A baby California sea lion wandered onto Interstate Highway 880 this morning, the latest in a rash of other strandings in Northern California, according to a spokesman with The Marine Mammal Center.

The 2008-09 Grand Jury conducted an oversight review of the four middle schools of the Ukiah, Willits and Fort Bragg Unified School Districts.

A proposed plan to park the county's Bookmobile was scrapped on Tuesday as the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors tackled the now $1.3 million projected shortfall for the 2009/10 fiscal year.

GARBERVILLE An errant driver caused a pileup with few injuries Tuesday morning in the northbound lane of Highway 101 north of Oilwell Hill in Mendocino County.

The Mendocino County Planning Commission will meet next Thursday, June 18, at 9 a.m. in the Mendocino County Administration Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers, at 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah.

The Mendocino County Sheriff's Department arrested seven including four Willits men for a variety of violations following an area compliance check of 25 registered sex offenders throughout the county.

County government officials have requested employees to agree to 26 furlough days for fiscal 2009-2010, according to SEIU Local 1021, the county government's largest employee union.

A pit bull was killed and two men were sent to Mendocino County Jail following a tip by Mendocino Redwood Company security Wednesday about a marijuana grow on company property.

The Mendocino County Sheriff's Department has released additional details regarding Saturday's fatal gun fight in Covelo.

A weekend shootout near the Round Valley Indian Reservation in Mendocino County has left one man dead and another severely wounded.

Fifteen-year old Potter Valley High Freshman Jessica Crowhurst has been nothing if not busy for the past six years.

COVELO, Calif. - A man is dead and another hospitalized after an early morning shooting during a party in rural Mendocino County.