The Mendocino Voice

3 days ago | mendovoice.com | Sarah Stierch

UKIAH, CA., 4/24/25 – Mendocino County is offering employees up to $25,000 to voluntarily resign in the wake of budget shortfalls, according to a memo sent to county staff Wednesday. The memo comes after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a voluntary separation incentive program, or VSIP, at its regular meeting Tuesday. The decision comes as the county is trying to address a $2.6 million budget shortfall.

4 days ago | mendovoice.com | Lin Due |Sarah Stierch

UKIAH, CA., 4/23/25 — Activist group Invisible Ukiah will present a letter of support from Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and other congressional leaders to Social Security Administration workers at the local Ukiah office on Thursday. The national Indivisible organization formed in response to President Donald Trump’s first election. Smaller chapters formed across the country, including in Ukiah.

4 days ago | mendovoice.com | Sarah Stierch

MENDOCINO CO., 4/23/25 – Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall appeared on a podcast last week to discuss claims that a former Mendocino County resident is a serial killer.  The claims surfaced in March after Mendocino County resident Galina Trefil  published a Facebook post alleging her father, 85-year-old John Charles Trefil, killed numerous people in five states and five counties, including in Mendocino County.

5 days ago | mendovoice.com | Sarah Stierch

MENDOCINO CO., 4/23/25 – Laytonville residents and travelers along U.S. Highway 101 may notice smoke northwest of town during a prescribed burn this weekend, the Eel River Recovery Project said.  The fire is expected to take place Saturday and Sunday on lower Ten Mile Creek, near Highway 101 and approximately seven miles northwest of Laytonville.

6 days ago | mendovoice.com | Sarah Stierch

MENDOCINO CO, 4/21/25 – Cal Fire will implement a prescribed burn at its Howard Forest headquarters near Willits starting Tuesday, the agency said.  The prescribed burn will last almost two weeks, Cal Fire said. The expected end date is Friday, May 9.  Burning will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the Cal Fire Mendocino Unit Headquarters at 17501 N. Highway 101 south of Willits. Smoke will be visible in the area, including from the highway.