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🎶 It's another great week for live music in Mendocino County – from Celtic to classic, blues to bluegrass. Here's this w...
10/13/2025

🎶 It's another great week for live music in Mendocino County – from Celtic to classic, blues to bluegrass. Here's this week's Setlist!

Your weekly guide to upcoming music events in Mendocino County.

🗳️ In a letter to the editor, Mendocino County reader Julie Beardsley shares her concerns about today’s Republican Party...
10/13/2025

🗳️ In a letter to the editor, Mendocino County reader Julie Beardsley shares her concerns about today’s Republican Party and why she plans to vote "Yes" on Prop. 50.

We need to restore checks and balances. Vote Yes on Proposition 50.

🔥Starting Monday, Cal Fire will allow residential and agricultural burning again in Mendocino County on approved burn da...
10/13/2025

🔥Starting Monday, Cal Fire will allow residential and agricultural burning again in Mendocino County on approved burn days.

Residents with current burn permits can now burn outdoors on permissible burn days. But some fires need inspections or special permits.

🗳️ Ballots are out for the Nov. 4 special election on Proposition 50 — a measure that could redraw California’s congress...
10/13/2025

🗳️ Ballots are out for the Nov. 4 special election on Proposition 50 — a measure that could redraw California’s congressional map, including Mendocino County. Here's what you need to know.

Prop. 50 asks voters to approve redistricting that could favor Democrats in the 2026 midterm election.

🏠Mendocino’s historic Kelley House, built in 1861, was once nearly demolished — now it stands as a museum preserving loc...
10/12/2025

🏠Mendocino’s historic Kelley House, built in 1861, was once nearly demolished — now it stands as a museum preserving local history.

Saved by two intrepid amateur historians and the founder of Jack in the Box, the house is now an archive and exhibit space.

💧🤑 A packed meeting in Hopland ended with the approval of steep new water and wastewater rate hikes — despite resident p...
10/12/2025

💧🤑 A packed meeting in Hopland ended with the approval of steep new water and wastewater rate hikes — despite resident protests.

At Thursday’s meeting, the district said it didn't receive enough protest forms from residents to stop the rate increases.

🕸️ Plans for spooky season? We rounded up Mendocino County’s Halloween & fall events — parades, haunted houses, markets ...
10/11/2025

🕸️ Plans for spooky season? We rounded up Mendocino County’s Halloween & fall events — parades, haunted houses, markets & more.

From haunted houses and cemetery walks to pumpkin patches and Día de los Mu***os altars, here’s what’s happening across the county — updated as new events roll in.

❄️⚓️ A new icehouse in Fort Bragg’s Noyo Harbor is nearly ready to open — it's expected to strengthen the local fishing ...
10/11/2025

❄️⚓️ A new icehouse in Fort Bragg’s Noyo Harbor is nearly ready to open — it's expected to strengthen the local fishing economy and preserve the harbor’s working waterfront.

The three-tiered structure replaces an unreliable icehouse that at times forced fishermen to go to Bodega Bay to load ice.

🎭 The Willits Community Theatre has announced its 2026 season lineup, featuring classics, comedies, and new works.
10/10/2025

🎭 The Willits Community Theatre has announced its 2026 season lineup, featuring classics, comedies, and new works.

The nonprofit enters its 49th year with a slate of comedies, dramas and a musical retelling of the World War I Christmas truce.

đź’° A new California law signed by Gov. Newsom ensures victims are first in line to receive restitution before other court...
10/10/2025

đź’° A new California law signed by Gov. Newsom ensures victims are first in line to receive restitution before other court fines or fees.

The Restitution First Act shifts payment priorities, directing funds to victims before fines or fees tied to convictions.

👨‍🚒 The USDA announced more than $200 million in grants for wildlife resilience projects nationwide last week – $2.8 mil...
10/09/2025

👨‍🚒 The USDA announced more than $200 million in grants for wildlife resilience projects nationwide last week – $2.8 million of which will be awarded to a nonprofit project set for Leggett.

The Fort Bragg nonprofit will expand and maintain fuel breaks along Highway 1 and fund community prescribed fire trainings as part of a USDA wildfire resilience grant.

✍️ In a new letter to the editor, Hopland resident Vernon Budinger questions the findings behind the Public Utility Dist...
10/09/2025

✍️ In a new letter to the editor, Hopland resident Vernon Budinger questions the findings behind the Public Utility District’s rate study.

The group believes the numbers are inflated and that Hopland can’t afford the scheduled increases through 2029.

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