Seven inmates appear to have overdosed on narcotics at the Mendocino County at jail this afternoon. Sheriff Matt Kendall reported that five of them were taken to the hospital, and one of them passed away. Kendall spoke to kzyx late in the afternoon on March first.

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on February 27 to offer a hiring bonus to entice an Ag Commissioner to head up the ag department. The county has been without an ag commissioner since 2022. This puts farmers and customers of any business that uses scales or other measuring devices at a disadvantage, because the Ag Commissioner also serves as the sealer of weights and measures.

Two supervisors recused themselves from a closed session discussion about the first round of botched ballots that were sent out for the March 5 primary election.

The VSO will move back to the small house in a quiet neighborhood, after an unpopular relocation to the Public Health building less than a block away.

The Fort Bragg City Council voted unanimously at its February 26 meeting to approve a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, after about twenty people spoke in favor of it.Abraham Cohen, of a group called SURJ, or Showing up for Racial Justice, opened by reading the document. It also condemns the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians and calls for the release of all hostages and the unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The Board of Supervisors chambers, the overflow room, and the courtyard at the Mendocino county government campus were packed yesterday for a highly interactive public participation hearing about two proposals from AT&T.

Some voters will get a third round of ballots as the elections office scrambles to make sure they are voting in the correct district, according to boundaries that were adjusted three years ago.

Some voters are receiving a second round of erroneous ballots to replace the misprint that every voter in the county received earlier this month.

The Fort Bragg City Council passed a resolution integrating the CV Starr Community Center into the city, with a compensation plan for employees, effective February 11. Stella Gerkins of KMUD news reports on the presentation by Fort Bragg City Manager Isaac Whippy and Mendocino Coast Recreation and Parks District administrator Moneque Wooden, who is now running the CV Starr center.

The year of the Wood Dragon is underway, with the lunar new year starting on February 10.On Friday, students from Instilling Goodness Developing Virtue Schools at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas shared dance, music and artwork with visitors to the Ukiah Library.