Mendocino County

Aaron Joseph Welch (Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Santa Rosa Police Warn Of White Supremacist Gang

North Bay law enforcement agencies are becoming increasingly concerned about a white supremacist gang which appears to be growing both in terms of size and territory, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.

2013/04/15

Amanda "Warbler" Senseman and several others camped in trees to protest the Highway 101 Willits Bypass in Mendocino County. The protesters were arrested on April 2, 2013. (CBS)

7 Tree-Sitters Protesting Willits Bypass Arrested

Seven people camping in trees to protest construction of a Highway 101 bypass in Mendocino County were arrested Tuesday by dozens of California Highway Patrol officers who were lifted into the trees on cherry-pickers.

2013/04/02

Hands hold bag of crystal methamphetamine and pipe

Mendocino Couple Arrested After Toddler Found Sick From Alcohol, Meth

A Mendocino County couple has been arrested after the woman’s toddler son was taken to a hospital under the influence of methamphetamine and lethal amounts of alcohol.

2013/03/12

A sinkhole on Highway 162 near Covelo (Mendocino County Sheriff)

Sinkhole Swallows Pieces Of Passing Semi In Mendocino County

A big-rig truck broke into pieces on Highway 162 in Mendocino County Friday morning after a 30-foot sinkhole opened up in the roadway.

2012/12/21

Bodega Bay and Bodega Harbor. (US Army Corps of Engineers)

Obama Orders Federal Protection For Massive Swath Of Bay Area Coastline

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Thursday that will permanently ban oil drilling off the Northern California coast by expanding the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.

2012/12/20

A freshly cooked Dungeness Crab is seen on a crab pot on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Dungeness Crab Fleet Delayed North Of Sonoma County

Crab fisherman north of Sonoma County cannot head to sea until the end of the month because the Dungeness crab population is still too small to harvest.

2012/12/14

Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake Shakes Northern California

A light earthquake has struck Mendocino County in Northern California.

2012/09/25

Norcal Wildfires Spread Into Wilderness Area

A wildfire in a rugged and remote area of Mendocino County continues to spread into a wilderness area, though firefighters are making progress in surrounding the blaze.

2012/09/01

Armed Man Arrested After Pursuit Along Sonoma Coast

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Mendocino County man for robbery and other offenses after a pursuit along state Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast Friday afternoon.

2012/08/17