Valley People
THE ANDERSON VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD seems poised not to renew high school principal James Tomlin’s contract. The majority board sentiment to remove Tomlin was apparently expressed at a closed session...
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LAST MAY we wrote about an often-arrested 28-year-old Albion man named Riley Kiesel. He’d been permanently 86′d from Dick’s Place in Mendocino, but was charged with attempted murder when he showed up...
View ArticleThe Revenge Of The Coke Machine
Robert S. Sherman is a Point Arena auto mechanic sentenced to the County Jail for selling stolen property. Sherman was arrested when he boldly appropriated a water tank from the Elk Fire Department and...
View ArticleMuse Rides Again
“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without...
View ArticleContinental Drift
In the fall of 1970, my family — version 3.0 — was winging its way to Europe. To explain the “upgrade,” which it was in no wise at all, I’ll take a stab at revisiting the thought processes of my mother...
View ArticleReggae Fest Gets Go-Ahead
An appeal of the Reggae on the River festival’s county permit was denied by a majority of the Board of Supervisors but traffic flow conditions at the event’s main entrance remain a concern. Capping a...
View ArticleThe Pioneering Black Porters
It’s Black History Month, a good time to honor the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, one of the most important yet too often overlooked leaders in the long struggle for racial equality and union...
View ArticleDiary Of A Numb 49er Fan
It’s Friday afternoon. An unseasonal sun bakes the city with a gratifying if alarming tropical malaise. Tiny birds sing in the trees. There’s a case of frozen corn dogs in the freezer and half a bottle...
View ArticleA Plea For Justice At Kent State
Was It about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters? On February 9, 2013, the Kent State Truth Tribunal and Allison Krause’s family submitted a list of issues to be considered by the United...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. And let’s get immediately into the Public Service Announcements. Calendars and pens at the ready. #215. The Vets from Mendocino...
View ArticleRealigning HumCo
Midway into its second year, the county’s prison/jail realignment program has increased rehabilitation assistance but law enforcement officials have said it’s also led to increases in crime. So far the...
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Mendocino County Today: February 21, 2013
SNOW ON THE HILLS Tuesday afternoon broke up the blandly balmy previous two weeks of summer-like days. At the higher elevations Hull Mountain to the east and the Yolly Bollys, snow could be measured by...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor
STOP FISH POACHING! Editor, Illegal poaching on the Garcia River / Feds asleep at the wheel. I’d like to share with you a heartbreaking story of federal inaction and mismanagement in the hope that you...
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Mendocino County Today: February 22, 2013
WITH AUDITS LIKE THESE… by Mark Scaramella With great fanfare last July, Governor Jerry Brown launched an “investigation” into “the circumstances surrounding significant budgetary irregularities at the...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: February 23, 2013
FLU’S GOT US DOWN. DAILY POSTS WILL RESUME SATURDAY NIGHT.
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Mendocino County Today: February 24, 2013
HOW ONE SENTENCE Saved Me from Living My Whole Life as a Well-Meaning Hick By Hank Sims I often think it must be easier to be a white guy, but truthfully it ain’t easy being anybody. — Sherman Alexie...
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Mendocino County Today: February 25, 2013
THE STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL has put off funding the new Mendocino County Courthouse for another year, fiscal year 2014-15 to be exact. The money for a new courthouse in Ukiah keeps getting diverted into...
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Mendocino County Today: February 26, 2013
LOOK FOR A LIVELY pro-gun rally in front of the County Courthouse this Friday at 5pm. Organizer Dan Kuny said Monday, “We’re not with any organized group. Just local, law-abiding people angry about how...
View ArticleTrial By Ambush & The Stealth Juror
It was the first pot case to go to jury trial in years, and the views attending it were predictable. The first juror called said, “In my opinion, no pot case should be court — it’s a waste of time and...
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OUR CROWD COUNTER said 120 people attended Monday night’s school board meeting in the high school cafeteria. As you probably know by now the school board voted 3-2 not to renew Jim Tomlin’s contract as...
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