A firefighter was late to the fire at the Leggett post office on Friday night — because he rolled his truck on the way to fight the blaze.22-year-old Brian Lewis caught a ride from the crash site to the fire, where he helped with the mopping-up effort. He’s borrowing a friend’s vehicle until he can replace the one that was most likely totaled after he hit a patch of hail.Snow fell even at lower elevations over the weekend, and as of Sunday afternoon, Highway 101 at the top of the grade was down to one lane from the Haehl Creek bridge to Highway 20, due to snow. And snow accumulated on 175 between Hopland and LakeportThe Leggett Valley Fire Department reported that at around 5:40 pm on Friday night, lightning struck a large redwood tree just outside the post office. “The tree was shattered and fell through the building,” according to a Facebook post by the department. Half an hour later, the post office was fully engulfed. It was a total loss, but the local market was saved.The seven-member Leggett Volunteer Fire Department did have help from the neighbors. Caltrans personnel and firefighters from Piercy, Laytonville, and CalFire assisted at the scene.As for Lewis, he spent Sunday morning driving around in a borrowed truck to make sure the neighbors were okay.Friends have set up a Gofundme account to help Lewis replace his truck. It’s up to a little over half of the $10,000 goal as of Monday.

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.