Dine out at the MacCallum House
Proceeds to Imagination Library Help us fund free monthly books to over 1,000 North Coast Kids! Mendocino, CA— This holiday season, don’t buy a gift, instead share a holiday dinner and give books to...
View ArticleYoung Authors’ Fair Grant Awardees Announced
The Mendocino County Office of Education and the Board of Education is thrilled (sic) to announce Young Authors’ Fair Grant awardees for the 2014-2015 school year. This program remains a high priority...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014
Ferguson Verdict; Catch of the Day; Lake County; Farm Supply; Humco Jail; Seabirds Dying; Pablo's Departure; PTA Embezzler; Emergency Calls; Stream Protection; Chain Papers; Harvest Gala; Cruise...
View ArticleNonsense
According to new research by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, the richest one-hundredth of one percent of Americans now hold eleven per cent of the nation’s total wealth. That is a higher share than...
View ArticleEscape From Jonestown
The journey up the coast was choppy, the boat too far out to get a good look at the shore. While the other passengers spread out in sleeping bags over the deck, 15-year-old Tommy Bogue gripped the...
View ArticleEntropy & Empire
By 167 BC, so much revenue was pouring in from conquered territories that Roman citizens no longer had to pay taxes. 140 years later Caesar Augustus, faced with stiff resistance from Germanic tribes,...
View ArticleTwo Fun Fundraisers
Safe Passage puts the fun in fundraising! Please join us for two events coming up the first week in December: Thursday, December 4, 5 — 7 p.m. Silent Auction at the Barbelow in the Company Store Hand...
View ArticleFestival of Lights Gala & Fireworks Display
At the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Wednesday, December 3 5:00-8:00pm The Coast Botanical Gardens Festival of Lights Gala Celebration raises money to provide children age 16 and under free...
View ArticleThe Stony Lonesome, Privatized Edition
I’m in a private prison now, after spending a couple of years at the notorious sinkhole Tehachapi. It’s run by a company called Geo — not, I’m pretty sure, the GM subsidiary that made those annoying...
View ArticleValley People (Nov 26, 2014)
A FEY VOICE on our nut screener says, “Mrs. Ricard was not born and raised in Boonville.” Click. The call sounded like it came from an outdoor pay phone; the voice was furtive bordering on frightened....
View ArticleOff the Record (Nov 26, 2014)
THE AFFINITO FAMILY has sold the Cliff House restaurant at the mouth of the Noyo River, Fort Bragg. The property was listed at $1,295,000 and is described as “A full service restaurant opportunity in...
View ArticleLetters (Nov 26, 2014)
It seems more and more as of late the doors of law-abiding citizens are being kicked in by an overzealous police force. Recently there have been a number of warrantless raids on people for marijuana...
View ArticleUndue Influence
At the October meeting of Mendocino County's Mental Health Board, Chairman John Wetzler and his fellow board members were left a bit flummoxed and frustrated at news that the Board of Supervisors had...
View ArticleMendoVito: Salvation Or Fantasy?
Thursday night, November 20, the University of California and the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians hosted a community conversation about the proposed MendoVito settlement. Bill and I attended, and these...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, Nov 26, 2014
Weekend Weather; Holiday Shopping; Angelo's Raise; County Voting; Courthouse Presentation; Felon Amnesty; Carl's Safety Tips; Stoen-Richie; Catch of the Day; Tagging Teams; Desert Cowboy; Ferguson...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Nov 26, 2014)
I have a special treat for readers this week: an enlightening trip down Memory Lane to celebrate 10 years of A Bird’s Eye View. It all began on November 24, 2004 with the original column below in...
View ArticlePanther Soccer: Season Wrap-up
So the 2014 high school boys soccer season ended in “ultimate victory” for Anderson Valley: The post season Championship. However, as followers of the team will be well aware, it was a roller-coaster...
View ArticleCharlie Chaplin’s Call To Arms
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone – if possible – Jew, Gentile – black man – white. We all...
View ArticleLittle Sisters & Heartless Older Brothers
Lucky and Cherry lived on the second floor of an old two family house in Newark, New Jersey. Above them was the unfinished attic with its casement windows, which would be blown open by strong winds,...
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