Off the Record (Apr 8, 2015)
THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL, three of them anyway, is going all out for conversion of the Old Coast Hotel, a fact made clear in last week's edition of the Fort Bragg Advocate. The paper contains an...
View ArticleLetters (Apr 8, 2015)
In looking over the Old Coast Hotel issue I feel there is a lot of misunderstanding concerning the Concerned Citizens of Fort Bragg. It is a loosely and recently formed group.
View ArticleAbout that Conversation with the Rabbit…
This trial was a minefield of politically incorrect booby-traps and cavernous tank traps of psychobabble, so many that the judge, who hears these cases often, needed frequent explanations of the...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Apr 8, 2015)
In the northwest end of the Valley (Christine Woods/Floodgate area), and elsewhere too I am told, residents endured two nights of sleeplessness this past week as a result of the Noise Pollution...
View ArticleMRC’s Private Meetings with the Supervisors
Large, politically-active corporations tend to employ influence peddlers who can talk when even money can't. A perfect example is playing out here in Mendocino County. The county's largest land baron...
View ArticleValley People (Apr 8, 2015)
THE ANDERSON VALLEY was shocked Friday morning to learn that Marianne Summit-Pardini, 63, had taken her own life. The matriarch of two prominent families, her loss has saddened her large extended...
View ArticleThe Stony Lonesome: What Would Gonzo Do?
I suddenly find myself after 17 months of indolence here at Desert View State Prison trying mostly futilely to occupy my days in an interesting and productive fashion, employed. I shall be molding...
View ArticleWater
As I was getting off his table today, my acupuncturist said, “Remember. Water is your friend. Be sure to drink lots today.” Checking my email when I got home, someone had sent me a link to an article...
View ArticleThe Best Baseball Season Ever
Like every other fan of the National Pastime, I've looked forward with great anticipation to the new baseball season. But I know it won't possibly match my favorite season of all time. It was 1950 —...
View ArticleNeighborly Frost Protection
If you are in an area that has limited (or maybe zero) water available for frost protection, is there anything that you can do to mitigate the frost risk to your vineyard? In some areas, such as...
View ArticleWillits, After Dark
My name is Michael Jay Overholt. I want my story to be posted in your paper because both I and a lot of other people all love to read it. If you like it please send me a copy. I have no money...
View ArticleHanging In There
The Fort Bragg City Council held a follow-up to their February 21, 2015 goal setting retreat on the last Monday afternoon in March. In February only three members of the public showed up to watch even...
View ArticleMaladjustments
Like a red-headed, freckle-faced, cross-eyed orphan, I was born socially inept. I was peculiar in so many ways I’m thankful I was a child of the 1950’s. For a quarter century my wife Trisha taught...
View ArticleMendocino Mortality a Century Ago
As a historian I’m the first person to admit I can start a project writing about one planned topic, influenza in Mendocino County in 1918, and get totally sidetracked and end up writing about how...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Supertrees Harvest Rainwater
Singapore's ingenious "trees" light up at night, and collect then funnel rainwater to fountains and irrigation systems.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, Apr 9, 2015
Marianne Pardini; Sheriffs Pay; Child Abuse; Moribund Radio; Racist Cops; Stream Defense; Billie Holiday; J.D. Smith; Yesterday's Catch; Mad About You; Withdrawal Plan; Cancer Detection; Drought...
View ArticleReunion
About 20 years ago, I was teaching a third grade class at PS 30X in the Bronx. The school was located in a very poor neighborhood in the Bronx called Mott Haven. Among my students was a beautiful...
View ArticleOld Margaret
We called her Old Margaret among ourselves then, when she was about as old as we are now. Friends had seen her walking along that portion of old highway south of town known as Ocean Drive. When they...
View ArticleFrat Party
Campus fraternities are in the news. The "Greek system." All most people know about them is what they saw in Animal House. One thing from the movie is dead-on: the biggest asshole in the frat, played...
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