Handel’s Disaster Music
Last week’s 6.0 earthquake epicentered in California’s Napa Valley was taken by a few evangelical types as a warning sign from God against the endemic decadence of wine country, not only a condemnation...
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9/11 In New York
My nieces were working in the city at the time, close by. I checked with my brother, everyone was okay. But the rest of those in the Towers and those coming to their aid… I almost hate to say it, but...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, September 12, 2014
Newspaper Idea; Food Waste; Courthouse Juggernaut; Private Radio; Vine Gang; Cat Feet; Rural Skills; Geography Quiz; Dog Breath; Luddite Cafe; Catch of the Day; Republican Visions; War Dance
View ArticleBig River Walk & Paddle For Cancer
Saturday October 25th Walk Begins 9am At Big River State Park Walk or paddle for cancer this October at the15th annual Big River Walk and Paddle! Presented by the Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, September 13, 2014
Newspaper Overlords; Who's Driving?; Fair Update; Catch of the Day; Middle East Quagmires; Pathetic Suspension; The Nelsons; Snared; Fair Wine Competition; Obama's Mission Impossible; Perpetual Warfare
View ArticleBREAKING: Big Fire between Redwood & Potter Valleys
CALFIRE UPDATE (8am, Sep 14): 150 acres, 30% contained, 5 structures destroyed, 25 structures threatened. Resources Assigned: 40 engines, 15 crews, 8 dozers, 6 air tankers, 2 helicopters, 5 water...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, September 14, 2014
Testa Testiness; Hyphenate Withdraws; Poacher Popped; Ortner Pufferoo; Goodell's Resume; Fair Friday; Bud Trimmers; Catch of the Day; Reunion Ruminations; 100 Novels; Women's Voices
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, September 15, 2014
Black Fire; Covelo Quake; Ortner PR; Measure S; Bull Riding; Supes' Float; Skybox Healthcare; The New UDJ; Police Reports; Catch of the Day; After Apple Picking; Humco Roads
View ArticleCall for Artists
GRO’s 30th Annual Juried Show: REACTION Point Reyes Station, CA — Entry deadline: Friday, November 28, 2014 open to all Northern California artists Exhibition dates: January 9 – February 1, 2015...
View ArticleDgiin to Play
Final Concert of Parducci 2014 Acoustic Café Season September 15, 2014-Parducci Wine Cellars welcomes Dgiin to the Acoustic Café stage Saturday, September 20. The French Gypsy Swing band encompasses...
View ArticleKZYX 25th Birthday Bash & Variety Show
October 11, 2-7 p. m. Boonville Fairgrounds For information, contact: Paul Lambert, 707 841-7818 KZYX will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mendocino Community Radio with a Birthday Bash & Variety...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Extreme Firefighting; 128 Head-on; Dry Wells; Doggone Supervisor; Questionable Arrest; Newsroom Visitors; Mullins' Makeovers; Courthouse Conundrums; Mailbox Burglar; Crazy Meeting Time; Mowkeef...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Railroad Courthouse; EduTravel; McFound; Catch of the Day; Youth Baseball; Tomato Competition; Af-Gone-istan; Saudi Complicity; Sick Fish; More Lipstick; Are You Drinking?; Losing Everything; Warmaking...
View ArticleOff the Record (Sep 17, 2014)
UKIAH IS PAYING the usual outside consultant $28,524 to “evaluate traffic impacts to affected streets” for the new County Courthouse that no one except the County’s nine (count ‘em) judges wants. The...
View ArticleLetters (Sep 17, 2014)
I used to think that when social, economic and environmental conditions came to a crisis point people would finally wake up and work for change. But there is a water crisis going on in the heart of...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Sep 17, 2014)
Greetings one and all. if you are sitting comfortably, I shall begin. Well, the County Fair had my full attention over the last week; as a result all I can provide on this occasion is the list of...
View ArticleValley People (Sep 17, 2014)
TERRIBLE HEAD-ON COLLISION just before dawn Monday on 128 opposite the Anderson Valley Elementary School. One person medi-vacced outtahere, another hauled over the hill by AV Ambulance. Who and why...
View ArticleDrum Demo At Shasta Dam
For the Winnemem Wintu people of the McCloud River watershed (a mighty tributary of the Upper Sacramento River, formed by the southeastern drainage of Mt. Shasta and its stately foothills), the weapon...
View ArticleBush Hippie Brawl
It all started at a trimming session during harvest season in Laytonville. It was hot, the pot sticky, the vibe hostile bordering on angry. It was time for a break, a cold beer, some fresh air. But...
View ArticleCurve Again
Madison Bumgarner, the Giants’ formidable leftie known as Mad Bum or simply Bum, stands tall atop the mound on a cool Friday night in September—the famous San Francisco fog not yet manifest, a soft...
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