Ukiah Daily Journal

4 days ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Thomas D. Elias

It seemed simple enough the other day when the Internal Revenue Service issued a brief statement saying it will now share addresses and other tax return data with immigration enforcement agencies. This marked the first time the IRS has explicitly broken a promise of confidentiality (except when federal criminal warrants have been issued) for all tax information submitted to it.

4 days ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | James Angell

Most of us go through life without being concerned with, or ever checking on, our Social Security records. We assume the money deducted each payday and an equal amount paid in by our employer is applied properly to this valuable retirement benefit. Ignoring is problematicThe Social Security Administration (SSA) is being inundated with fraudulent W-2s and 1099s, and doesn’t have the ability to catch them all.

6 days ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Jim Shields

At Tuesday’s (May 6, 2025) Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board unanimously approved the following agenda item:4i)  Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval of Transmission of Letter of Request to State Agencies and Lawmakers for Greater Collaboration from State Agencies to Enforce Cannabis Laws on Unpermitted Grow Sites in Mendocino County 
(Sponsors: Supervisor Haschak and Sheriff-Coroner).

1 week ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | David Shribman

SEBASTIAN, Florida — Florida used to be an eastern political version of Nevada. Now it is a southern political version of Idaho. Florida once was regarded as the prototypical swing state, much like Nevada, which voted Republican six times in the past dozen presidential elections and went Democratic six times in the same period. Now it more nearly resembles Idaho, which voted Republican in 18 of the last 19 elections.

1 week ago | ukiahdailyjournal.com | Thomas D. Elias

By almost any measure, the spate of housing bills adopted by California lawmakers over the last five years has failed. But the January firestorm that swept through large parts of Los Angeles County may give them new life. Those fires, ranging across portions of a 40-mile stretch on the south slope of the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains, destroyed more homes and apartments than any fire California had seen before.