California Attorney General Rob Bonta says immigration detention centers need stronger oversight after a new report uncovered serious concerns at facilities including Adelanto. Investigators found issues involving delayed medical care, pepper spray use indoors, and shortages of…

California community colleges appear to be gaining ground against financial aid scammers. A new CalMatters report shows schools lost far less student aid money to fraud this spring after stepping up ID checks and using new AI-based…

A nonprofit that’s helped families and young people along the south Mendocino Coast for nearly a quarter-century is preparing to close its doors. Point Arena’s Action Network says it will shut down in June after losing major…

A small wildfire northeast of Willits brought a large response Tuesday evening after flames flared up inside a prescribed burn area near Laytonville. CAL FIRE says the fire started around 5:15pm within the Shamrock Vegetation Management Project…

A community event in Clearlake later this month aims to help residents better understand what’s in their drinking water. Cal-WATCH and the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians are hosting a free public open house Saturday, May…

Caltrans crews will be slowing traffic in parts of Mendocino County over the next couple of days for utility and road work projects. One-way traffic control is planned Wednesday morning near Airport Road in Fort Bragg, followed…