When I was 14, I attended my first boy-girl pool party – a gathering of the Robert J. Millikan Junior High School’s “Medallions,” students with higher grades who were involved in community ...

Here are five surprises that can turn your plan on a dime. When a simple procedure could cost thousands, health care costs can put a huge dent in your plan. Long-term care can also cost thousands per ...

Dozens of truckloads full of garbage were cleaned from multiple creek beds in the Ukiah Valley Saturday during the annual ...

Ukiah Branch Library presents Urban Homesteading 101: Pollinator Gardens and Wildflower Seed Scatter on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. at 105 N. Main St.

While democracy is central in the American mythos, exclusive gain has been rooted in America from the beginning.  Arising from the erroneous belief in separation, it perceives a hostile world, so ...

Some friends recently returned from hiking the Appalachian Trail.  Or maybe they’re leaving next week. No matter.  I’m not interested in details of planning the trip or stories of adventures ...

A newly filed motion to dismiss felony charges against suspended Mendocino County Auditor Chamise Cubbison and fired county Payroll Manager Paula June Kennedy outlines a chaotic criminal case that ...

At Tuesday’s, September 24 meeting, the Board of Supervisors received a report from staffer Kelly Hansen, of the County Executive Office Grants Unit on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) ...

One way public life has changed over the last few generations is that politicians, especially at the highest levels, hardly ever write their own speeches any more. It’s hard to imagine, say, ...

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Scott Wiener will be all smiles if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs his supposedly landmark bill to govern development of new artificial intelligence devices and programs in California. Newsom will decide ...

America, tell me a story. An American political campaign is a mashup of slogans, advertisements, speeches, exaggerations, outright lies, balloons, bunting, brass bands and the occasional discussion ...