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Feral cat trapping concerns raised

By Tiffany Revelle The Daily Journal @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

County officials and animal lovers are trying to get their collective heads together to figure out how to handle the county’s huge population of feral cats without euthanasia.

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Retiring judge reflects on 39-year law career

By Tiffany Revelle The Daily Journal @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

Judge Leonard LaCasse’s calendar is about to open up after a 39-year law career.
He leaves the bench in January after eight-and-a-half years as a Mendocino County Superior Court judge.

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Attempted arson arrest in Branscomb

Ukiah Daily Journal Staff @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

The Daily Journal
 A 49-year-old Branscomb man who, according to witnesses, said he thought the devil lived in the Branscomb post office later allegedly threatened family members with a hatchet during incidents on two days last week.

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State budget woes will take years to solve

By K.C. MEADOWS The Daily Journal @ March 11, 2010 # Comments Off

Tax board’s Yee gives budget talk in Ukiah

Don’t look for any kind of economic recovery in California until the end of the year and don’t expect a sustainable budget until at least 2015.

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Dash for Gold:Treasure Hunters Road Show in Ukiah

By CAROLE BRODSKY @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off

Caveat Venditor, or, let the seller beware. This is the advice of local dealers in antiquities, coins and jewelry sought by the Treasure Hunters Road Show – currently operating in Ukiah’s Holiday Inn through Saturday.

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Dozing driver jailed on marijuana charges

Ukiah Daily Journal Staff @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off

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A sheriff’s deputy who approached a car in Stipp Lane about 8 p.m. Monday, reportedly smelled marijuana coming from inside the vehicle as the driver rolled down his window.

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Ukiah Unified board votes for more cuts to schools

By MONICA STARK The Daily Journal @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off

The Ukiah Unified School District board of trustees voted Tuesday night to eliminate all computer lab specialists from the elementary and middle schools in addition to adopting a resolution to cut 18 classified positions.

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Frost water work goes on

By ZACK CINEK The Daily Journal @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off

When the State Water Resources Control Board wrote an early version of regulations for Russian River frost protection use in January it wanted to have something in effect for 2011.

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Foster youth worried about program cuts

Ukiah Daily Journal Staff @ March 10, 2010 # Comments Off

In January, Gov. Schwarzenegger released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2010-11. Among his budget proposals was the complete elimination of THP-Plus funding if the state is unable to secure an additional $6.

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Taxi driver attacked

Police arrested a 29-year-old Ukiah man on assault charges, but a second suspect remains at large in a Saturday attack on a cabdriver in 31000 block of Simpson Lane, Fort Bragg. @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off

One suspect still at large
The Daily Journal

Dan Goekler, 51, of Fort Bragg, who operates a local taxi company, told police that he had picked up the men who attacked him from a party on Mitchell Creek Drive, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office stated.

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