‘Mendocino-Lake Counties’ Articles

Supes to discuss county parcel or sales tax proposal

A proposed county parcel or sales tax, road projects recommended for state funding and county Fish and Game Advisory Commission grants are on topics on the Tuesday agenda for the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors.

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By MONICA STARK

“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman,” wrote the late seminal author Virginia Woolf, whose statement still stands testament to the history of women that, to some, seems to be written with invisible ink.

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Council to consider ways to reduce light and noise pollution

Light and noise pollution, $3 million of redevelopment money, customer service hours and Google are on the Ukiah City Council’s Wednesday meeting agenda.

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A jury of their peers:

An evening at teen peer court

It looks like another day in court. Prosecutors, defendants, families, and a deputy district attorney mingle in the hallway before court is called into session.

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Eel River diversion, frost water challenged

An environmental group is hoping to stop the diversion of water through the Potter Valley tunnel from the Eel River and pending frost water regulations.

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Driver dodging animal in roadway crashes, is arrested on suspicion of DUI

An allegedly intoxicated driver’s effort to avoid hitting an animal in the road landed her in the hospital late Friday night with minor injuries, according to a report from the Ukiah Area California Highway Patrol.

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Gibson’s Hillside Vineyards: Grapes and community

Wine Notes by Heidi Cusick Dickerson
Above their Hillside Vineyards Norma and Morgan Gibson’s Mediterranean-ranch style home is filled with the warmth and coziness of family photos, a cookie jar collection and Norma’s paintings.

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One down, two more March Whale Fest weekends to go

The Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce had a great kick-off weekend for the Mendocino Coast Whale Festival Month, reports Debra De Graw, Chamber CEO
The first weekend in March is the Mendocino Whale Festival.

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Army Corps of Engineers studies harbor dredge spoils plan

The Army Corps of Engineers is looking for a 20-year solution to place 400,000 cubic yards of Noyo Harbor dredge spoils in a beneficial use location.

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Other headlines in this week’s Mendocino Beacon include:

- County pension contribution increase OKd.
- MUSD seeks member for Citizens’ Oversight Committee.
- Elk Columnist Charlie Acker.

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Navy delays plan to increase ocean testing in Northwest

The Obama administration plans to launch a comprehensive study of how the rising noise level in the ocean impacts whales and other marine mammals.

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No-nonsense proposals by Rec District

Several grueling closed session personnel meetings have occupied the Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District board lately, all with the goal of reducing expenses to more closely match revenues as they are — not as the board had hoped or planned.

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Spring forward on Sunday

The Daily Journal
Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday, and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reminds all California residents to also change their smoke alarm batteries when setting their clocks.

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Colfax not running for re-election

It’s official: 5th District Supervisor David Colfax has announced he isn’t running for re-election.
“I’m not running, and my name won’t be on the ballot,” Colfax said, “and it’s kind of a good feeling to be looking at other things.

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No solutions yet for Nuestra Casa

Latest meeting yields lots of emotion, few answers

After three-and-a-half hours, tears, anger and some conciliatory gestures, a meeting of the Nuestra Casa board of directors and the Latino community ended Thursday night with no clear plan for how the troubled nonprofit can emerge from a financial trough and a crisis of faith among its supporters.

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