Archibald Yell

FAYETTEVILLE -- Public comment is helping shape two major transportation projects in the city. The City Council's Transportation Committee met Tuesday and reviewed public comment on two planned projects. One was Mission Trail, which will connect pedestrians and bicyclists on Mission Boulevard from Maple Street to Viewpoint Drive. The other was a redesign of Archibald Yell Boulevard from the intersection at Rock Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster is compiling a series of historical sketches of early Mendocino County District Attorneys. Here is this week’s entry:. A larger-than-life young attorney who came West to live and work in Mendocino County was Archibald Yell. Before being elected and appointed to several political positions...