Valley People (Jun 3, 2015)
TERRIBLE HEAD-ON IN PHILO Saturday night about 10:30pm near the Madrones when a 1999 Chevy Cavalier crossed the yellow line and collided with a 1998 Subaru. Both parties required extrication from their...
View ArticlePillow Talk
With our overpowering popular culture a death mix of pornography and homicidal recommendations set to music, it's no surprise that profanity now characterizes much of the formal testimony in the...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Jun 3, 2015)
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Normal service will be resumed next week. In the meantime here are some important announcements. Public Service Announcements....
View ArticleCount Down — Nobody Home
Back in December when the 2015 “Point In Time Count” of Mendo’s homeless population was first discussed, the minutes of the Count Committee meeting stated: “Point-in-Time/Survey Committee: Hand...
View ArticleSierra Fest, Version 22/10
The 22nd annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival returns to the Boonville Fairgrounds this month for the 10th time. Or, as the old cliche goes, time does fly when you're having fun. After a dozen...
View ArticleSwedish Prisons Nicer Than Many U.S. Homes
The Land of the Free has 5% of world's population and 25% of its prisoners.
View ArticleGo, Cavs
The Warriors' great Klay Thompson pumped as if to shoot. Trevor Ariza (6' 7", 225 lbs) leaped to block the shot, but Thompson stayed bent down instead of rising up and Ariza's left knee clipped him...
View ArticleBreaking News
Does anybody know where the Siberian Express has gotten off to? Have you seen the Arctic Vortex? When was the last time we turned on the TV news and discovered that 45,000,000 of our fellow Americans...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of the Local
The waiters and waitress at my favorite pizza place in Santa Rosa wear T-shirts that say, “Support Local Produce.” The menu repeats that slogan; it also appears in big letters on a wall for one and all...
View ArticleThe Stony Lonesome: A Modest Proposal
There are scourges, and then there are scourges. Dutch elm disease, the Golden Horde, AIDS, potato blight, Spanish flu, Japanese beetles, Nazism, Maroon 5, war, and the conquistadors have all done...
View ArticleWhat To Expect with Marijuana Legalization
There's no way to really tell how much Colorado's recent population surge has to do with legalized cannabis. But some locals see a connection. One of the lead articles in the May 31 Denver Post is...
View ArticleThere Is Always a Point of Decision
“This is the point of decision,” a dear friend often says, in our deepest conversations. And, isn’t it always points or places in time that cycle over and over in our spirals of regret? That was the...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, Jun 4, 2015
Pinoleville Pot; Local Wines; GJ CPS; GJ CFS; Baseball Fundraiser; Council Closed; Catch of the Day; GJ Library; Inn Celebration; Casey Bats; Vullard; Challenging Empire; Cancer Fundraiser; Philly...
View ArticleThe Red Cross: Half a Billion Dollars to Build Six Houses
Insiders reveal the ugly truth behind the popular "non-profit."
View ArticleBillie Holiday, Before Her First Song
When Billie Holiday, whose real name was Eleonora, was born on April 7, 1915, her mother was 13 years old, and her father was still a kid in short pants who kicked cans down the street. It happened in...
View ArticleSmash & Grab
Back in 2007 Supervisor Colfax lead the charge to raise the Board of Supervisors pay from an already generous $48,000 per year to $68,000 per year, Colfax justifying the raise. “When I came on the...
View ArticleHome Run Derby & Tri-Tip BBQ
Join us on Sunday June 7th at the Little League Baseball Field for our annual Home Run Derby / Tri-Tip BBQ. This is the biggest fundraiser for Anderson Valley Little League and just like all other...
View ArticlePotter Valley Double Suicide?
On 06-03-2015 around 11:33 AM Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a remote property in the area northeast of Potter Valley, near the Lake County line, on Dashiell Ranch Road. The...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, Jun 5, 2015
Double Suicide; 26th Plant; We're #44; Baseball Fundraiser; Prison Stats; Wildman v Liberty; Embezzlement Charge; Power-pole Crash; Marijuana Bill; Mexico Advisory; Warrior Victory; Celebrity Worship;...
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