The Bandits of Broadband
Each Kindle or electronic e-book owner in France buys an average of 4.6 books a year. In Italy, a country with a reputation of not being very honest, 4.4 is the average number for the legal acquisition...
View ArticleHumCo Grand Jury: End Late Night Jail Releases
This year’s Humboldt County Grand Jury Report calls for an end to after-hours releases from the county’s jail facility between 9pm and 6am and finds that not returning indigent offenders to the...
View ArticleCalling The Dead
The other morning I answered the phone to the mellowed tones of a retiree named Bill who had somehow got hold of my number. “Hello, can I speak with Alexander Cockburn?” There was an alluring gravity...
View ArticleThomas Russell, MD
Doctor Tom Russell (Sep 20, 1940 – Aug 4, 2014) went on ahead of us Monday, August 4, following a four-year battle with cancer. Tom is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Dr. Nona Chiampi Russell;...
View ArticlePatricia Ann Wood Doggett
Patricia Ann Wood Doggett was born August 19, 1947 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and passed away on August 11, 2014 in Ukiah. She moved to Mendocino County when she was five months old. Patricia grew up,...
View ArticleNo Tin Foil Hats
It is a strange condition: a historical phenomenon that is potentially a huge, world-changing revelation for mankind is trivialized and ridiculed by US mainstream culture — perhaps more than any other...
View ArticleGerald DiFalco
Gerald DiFalco passed away in Cloverdale on August 6, 2014, after a long battle with cancer and other health ailments at the age of 69. Gerry was born in San Francisco, attended St. Ignatius High...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, August 15, 2014
AS OF AUGUST 14 at 7pm the Lodge Wilderness Fire had expanded by another 1,000 to acres but with 60% containment, another improvement, although still a huge fire blanketing the surrounding region with...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, August 16, 2014
AS OF AUGUST 15 at 7pm the Lodge Wilderness Fire has more or less stopped expanding at approximately 12,346 acres and 70% containment. Two more injuries were reported bringing the injury count to 15....
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, August 17, 2014
AS OF AUGUST 16 at 7pm the Lodge Wilderness Fire was still at approximately 12,346 acres and 75% containment. No new injuries were reported. There are still 16 structures declared threatened, but the...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, August 18, 2014
AS OF AUGUST 17 at 7pm the Lodge Wilderness Fire was no longer expanding beyond the previously reported 12,346 scorched acres and was up to 80% contained. No structures are threatened anymore, and the...
View ArticleUFO Night at the Grange
UFOs: Their spiritual mission and role in coming world changes. A multi-media presentation offering a new and positive perspective of UFO/ET activity now increasing worldwide.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, August 19, 2014
AS OF AUGUST 18 at 5pm the Lodge Wilderness Fire had expanded only a little since yesterday to 12,346 acres but was declared 85% contained. No structures are threatened. No new injuries. The...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, August 20, 2014
AS OF AUGUST 19 at 7pm the Lodge Wilderness Fire had expanded only a little more to 12,535 acres but was up to 90% contained, about three frantic weeks after the lighning-strike that started it. No...
View Article“Militarization” Not The Norm Here
The tragedy and violence in Ferguson, Mo. has sprouted a new conversation about the “militarization” of police forces in the nation. After the 9-11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the Department of Homeland...
View ArticleValley People (Aug 20, 2014)
MARK PITNER came home last week, having made “unbelievable progress” in the six weeks since the popular Valley emergency services guy suffered a severe stroke. The consensus report of the people...
View ArticleOff the Record (Aug 20, 2014)
DA EYSTER could teach Gandhi a few things about passive resistance. An occasional rumor wafts out of the DA’s office that the prosecution of Dr. Peter Keegan for the murder of his wife, Susan, “remains...
View ArticleLetters (Aug 20, 2014)
It's shocking the way Dr. Apfel is being treated. The one who knows the most about the health concerns of our community is Dr. Apfel. He's the one who should be consulted. Dr. Apfel has done nothing...
View ArticleJoan The Book Lady Gets Her Last Break
The August 12th sentencing of Joan Rainville, 54, was the most dramatic episode of the entire sensational series of Joan-related events, which began late last year when District Attorney David Eyster...
View ArticleChief Mayberry’s Resignation
There were 70 or more supporters of Scott Mayberry in the audience August 11th when Mayor Dave Turner asked for a show of hands at the outset of the meeting (another ten or so were there with concerns...
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