Bird’s Eye View (Dec 3, 2014)
The Redwood Classic high school basketball tournament, hosted by our local high school for nearly 60 years, starts today. So for all that is good about high school sports, plus plenty of excitement,...
View ArticleValley People (Dec 3, 2014)
THAT'S a very nice restoration of the long-closed Yorkville Market, and good luck to the new proprietors about whom we hope to soon know more. Ace reporter Terry Ryder is on the case!
View ArticleKZYX’s Roller Coaster Ride
Fresh on the heels of the return to Pacific Standard Time, the November 3rd meeting of the KZYX Board of Directors began under a cloak of disorienting darkness. Held at the Philo Grange, in close...
View ArticleOff the Record (Dec 3, 2014)
PAUL LAMBERT WRITES: “I will repeat my retraction of my previous statements at the beginning of the next Mendo Matters, Thursday, December 4th between 9:00 am and 9:10 am. Mendo Matters is broadcast on...
View ArticleLetters (Dec 3, 2014)
Claudia Jimenez, the proprietor of ALL THAT GOOD STUFF in Boonville has informed me that she is considering resigning from the Anderson Valley Health Center Board of Directors because she is convinced...
View ArticleAre You Crazy Enough For Laura’s Law? Ask Doug Losak.
The November 11 Board of Supervisors discussion leading to unanimous approval of a limited pilot program of Laura’s Law in Mendocino County got off to a bumbling start after Health and Human Services...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2014
Mudslide on 253; Toxic Courthouse Runoff; Kong/Chen Execution; Drive-by Shootings; Bypass Bungle; PD Sale; Catch of the Day; Rain; Redwood Classic; Gag Contempt; Garbage Men; Dream Song; KZYX Notes;...
View ArticleDarren Wilson’s Grand Jury Testimony
The following is a part of the hearing before the Grand Jury of St. Louis County on September 16, 2014, in the case of State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson. Examination by Ms. Sheila Whirley, Assistant...
View ArticleWild Man Still On The Loose
To this day “Oh, Lord, it’s Jerry Lee Lewis,” or some variation of that, is probably a fairly common response to any encounter with Jerry Lee; his reputation has always preceded him. It was pretty much...
View ArticlePower Over
When my mother asked me what I wanted for a high school graduation present, I said I would like to take my girlfriend to see Bill Cosby perform at the opera house in San Francisco. The year was 1967. I...
View ArticleThe Stony Lonesome, Christmas Edition
The holidays approacheth yet again as is their inexorable wont and there’s nothing you can do to stop them. Can’t slow ’em down, can’t skip over ’em, can’t take enough pills to sleep through ’em. I...
View ArticleMendocino Talking: Claude Lewenz
I grew up in Baltimore County with a Tom Sawyer upbringing… we lived right next to a huge woods that went for 15 miles. We had a Swiss cowbell and my folks would ring that when it was time to come...
View ArticleThe Sheriff’s Tragic Fratricide
The Byrnes family arrived in Mendocino County around 1880. The patriarch, Michael J. Byrnes had been born in Boston, Massachusetts either in 1840 or 1841. He headed westward in 1862. One might guess...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec 4, 2014
Wet Week; Grape Waterplans; White Progress; Foodshed News; Toxic Runoff; Handley Holiday; Mendo Broadband; Internet Troll; Catch of the Day; Coast Settlers; Fat Mouse; JDSF Meeting; Bitters Formulas;...
View Article2015 Professional Pianist Concert
On Saturday, January 10th at 7 p.m and Sunday, January 11 at 2 p.m., the 23rd annual 2015 Professional Pianist Concert will be held at the Mendocino College Center Theatre. Featured performers are...
View ArticleWalking In A Winey Wonderland
Parducci Wine Cellars Continues Holiday Tradition with “Wine Wonderland” Celebration Parducci Wine Cellars invites the public to attend their 5th Annual “Wine Wonderland Celebration,” a holiday...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, Dec 5, 2014
Six Inches; Citizen O'Brien; Homeless Cycle; Looming Litigation; Basketball Tournament; MCOG Rolls; Murphy Hung; Shopping Louts; Ebola Numbers; Democratic Leadership; Police Reports; Book Sale; Catch...
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