September 2026
The Mendocino Voice
Anyone who wants a say in what federal regulators study before two Eel River dams come out has until 2 p.m. Friday to put it in writing, according to a…
The Mendocino Voice
A press conference was held Sunday afternoon with Cal Fire and county officials to update the community on the blaze, which officials said had diminished a bit due to cooler…
The Mendocino Voice
The State Water Resources Control Board has recommended a danger advisory, its highest warning for toxic algae, at Lake Pillsbury after sampling ahead of the Labor Day weekend found toxin…
August 2026
Wine Country Gazette
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. — Most of the California wine business spent this downturn pulling vines and trimming payroll. Brassfield Estate Winery bought land and hired salespeople.
July 2026
Local News Matters
Pull up the satellite map from the San Francisco Estuary Institute, and it colors each lake by how much cyanobacteria the satellite can see — black for absent, up through…
The Mendocino Voice
The ground that burned to the foundations during Lake County’s Valley Fire in 2015, on a fault the U.S. Geological Survey rates capable of a magnitude 7 earthquake, is now…
June 2026
Local News Matters
THE GROUND THAT BURNED to the foundations during Lake County’s Valley Fire in 2015, on a fault the U.S. Geological Survey rates capable of a magnitude 7
Local News Matters
DESCENDANTS OF THE POMO who survived the 1850 Bloody Island Massacre still live around Clear Lake. Many can’t drive into town without passing a name that, to them, honors one…
The Mendocino Voice
For half a century, North Coast Opportunities, based in Ukiah, has been part of the floor under Mendocino and Lake counties — the agency that fed people going through cancer…
September 2025
Sonoma County Gazette
A sweeping plan to remove two century-old dams on Northern California’s Eel River promises to revive native fish runs – but it also raises alarms for the wildlife that has…