3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (179+ words) The following is a column submitted by Mendocino County 3rd District Supervisor John Haschak. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the Mendocino Voice. The annexation plan that the City of Ukiah proposed is off…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (170+ words) MENDOCINO CO., 9/9/26 — The Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show comes to the county fairgrounds in Boonville Sept. 18-20 with a horse show, soccer, sheepdog trials, a parade, rodeo and more events for all ages. On Saturday, there’s a parade of champions…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1051+ words) This was written by staff at the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters. It was republished by The Mendocino Voice in partnership with CalMatters to bring relevant nonpartisan news to Mendocino County readers. Learn more about CalMatters here. SACRAMENTO, CA., 9/9/2026 Year after year…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1070+ words) The same release put numbers on the operation: 173,244 plants pulled near Covelo, Laytonville, Potter Valley and Redwood Valley, 26 guns seized, more than 30 sites investigated. Investigators had “contacted victims of suspected forced labor trafficking,” it said. It didn’t say how many,…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (270+ words) WILLITS, CA., 9/6/26 — A clearing in the Noyo River Canyon sports a red-topped circus tent. There’s no road access. Starting Sept. 11, the way in is a train. For 17 days, the Skunk Train is running passengers out of its Willits depot into…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (298+ words) SACRAMENTO, CA., 9/6/2026 — Two bills that would make it easier for California community colleges to create bachelor’s degrees cleared the Legislature on Monday night. Senate Bill 960 and Assembly Bill 2694 now head to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. A two-bill package, each piece…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (302+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, CA., 9/6/2026 — As western monarch butterflies prepare to retreat to groves along the California coast for the winter, conservationists are asking the public to report sightings ahead of the annual count. “We invite Californians to help support monarch butterfly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (692+ words) MENDOCINO CO., 9/1/2026 — Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall spent much of Tuesday morning’s regular Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meeting explaining what his new $4.5 million cannabis enforcement grant won’t be used for. Not licensed growers, he said. Not federal immigration work,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (336+ words) A psychiatric health facility is an inpatient facility that provides intensive care for people placed on a psychiatric hold, in which a person can be held involuntarily for 72 hours if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others, or…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (180+ words) John Fensterwald, staff writer, joined EdSource in 2012. Before that, he was editor and co-writer for The Educated Guess website, a leading source of California education policy reporting and opinion, which he founded in 2009. For 11 years before then, John wrote editorials…...