Mendocino, CA 95460

Andrew Scully

Andrew Scully

Chris’s Bench

By Andrew Scully The Mendocino Undercurrent  November 11, 2023 The next time you’re in Fort Bragg, be sure to stop down and visit Chris’s Bench, in Noyo Harbor, on the working waterfront of this historic little town.  It’s just in…

Circle in The Valley

By Andrew Scully The Mendocino Undercurrent May 12, 2023 It had been cold all day in Covelo, more than 10 degrees below normal for this time of year, and by the time Mike Duncan began to speak at 5, a…

The Plight Of Round Valley

By Andrew Scully The Mendocino Undercurrent April 25, 2023 The murders of Ruby-Sky Montelongo and Nick Whipple were not in any sense the first time tragedy has touched Round Valley. Indeed, the horrors of the past seem to hang with…

The Organic Lunch Lady of Little Lake Road

By Andrew Scully The Mendocino Undercurrent March 23, 2023 On her first day as the new cafeteria assistant with the Mendocino Unified School District, Diane Price attended a staff meeting where she heard a welcome address by Ken Matheson, the…

Budget, Budget, Who’s Got The Budget?

It all seemed so simple: We would sit down with top County leaders fresh into the new year and a new term of office, to get their views on the big-ticket issues facing the county, and opportunities to address those…

Show Me The Money

A little more than two months ago, in late August, I posted a Critical Action Alert, writing that the Noyo Food Forest was at risk, and that unless immediate action taken, this critical resource, this treasure of the coastal community…

Counting Down

Three weeks have passed since the election held on June 7, and most statewide and local races, almost all of them in fact, have been decided some time ago. Yet here in Mendocino County, there has been only one update…