Mendocino County Today: March 4, 2013
A READER WRITES: “Bruce McEwen’s account of DA Eyster’s prosecution of Ms. LaValle was a good read, as always, but the conclusion that ‘bringing a pot case into court is a waste of time and money,’...
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Mendocino County Today: March 5, 2013
GETTING RID OF ROSE (Milton’s Welfare) by Debra Keipp Della is one of a handful of women who ride horses in Point Arena. I’m one, too. We walk some, ride some, enjoying the town and exchanging friendly...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: March 6, 2013
IN A BRIEF conversation with Supervisor Pinches on Monday, the Supervisor said the recent study confirming that predators are largely responsible for a reduction in the state’s deer herds, is...
View ArticleValley People
THE SF CHRON of 26 February featured a front-page story on Boontling called “Famous Last Words — Boontling speakers sad to see celebrated local dialect fade away.” And, above the fold, a color photo of...
View ArticleOff The Record
BACK IN JANUARY, ANIMAL CONTROL took possession of three Laytonville horses on accusations that the animals had been mistreated. DA David Eyster said Monday he will not prosecute the owner. “Based on...
View ArticleThe Gas Gougers
Here we go again. A sudden surge in the price of gasoline and heating oil is followed by reported expressions of frustrated despair by hard-pressed consumers in the midst of silence from the oil...
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Report War Crimes, Go To Jail
Veterans For Peace in Ukiah. A ripple of cynical laughter went through the 50 attendees of a recent Northern California Regional meeting of Veterans For Peace (VFP) in Ukiah when they were extolled to...
View ArticleTwo Sides Of Gun Propaganda
Two emails came in this morning, forwarded material from people trying to “spread the word.” The topic of both was guns, one rabidly pro andone timidly con. This is perfectly predictable and typical....
View ArticlePropaganda & Poison At The Oscars
Seth MacFarlane claimed in his opening monologue that this year’s Oscars adopted for the first time ever a theme — “the wedding of film and music” as he put it. The spectacle that followed the Oscars...
View ArticleGreed Redux
“It has always seemed strange to me…the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits...
View ArticleCitizen O’Brien Sues
Dennis C. O’Brien v. County of Mendocino, Raley’s, et al First Cause Of Action: Unlawful Interference With Freedom Of Speech 1. Plaintiff Dennis C. O’Brien is a competent adult and a resident of...
View ArticleRiver Views
On January 7th Fort Bragg police officer Craig Guydan pulled his gun on a group of teens, who turned out to be playing football on the street. Reportedly, Guydan kept the weapon pointed earthward while...
View ArticleProtests Keep CalTrans At Bay
Had it not been for a direct action last week by supporters of The Warbler’s tree sit south of Willits, this would have been the week CalTrans and its contractors dispatched crews with chainsaws and...
View ArticleMonsanto University
Last month the University of California intervened in a high stakes U.S. Supreme Court case on the side of the agribusiness giant Monsanto Company by filing an amicus brief stating that the university...
View ArticleGetting Rid Of Rose
Della is one of a handful of women who ride horses in Point Arena. I’m one, too. We walk some, ride some, enjoying the town and exchanging friendly greetings with locals as we meander to and from...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. And even if you are “sitting comfortably,” then any discussion of last week’s farcical developments at the local high school...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor
THE WILLITS BYPASS, AN EXCHANGE THE BYPASS IS GREAT… Editor, You know, for the entire 40 years or so that I have been lucky to call this county home, I’ve been struck by the absurdity of the perpetual...
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Mendocino County Today: March 7, 2013
THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT is investigating a woman who may be responsible for Monday morning’s Fircrest apartment fires in Ukiah. She may also have set structure fires in Merced, as many as a dozen...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: March 8, 2013
PAINFUL LAYOFFS FOR WILLITS SCHOOLS By Jennifer Poole , Willits Weekly www.facebook.com/WillitsWeekly The Willits school board OKd issuing pink slips for 11.5 teachers at its meeting last night — well,...
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Mendocino County Today: March 9, 2013
UNION BUSTING WITH BANKRUPTCY On Thursday, March 7, Coast Hospital CEO Wayne Allen issued the following press release. “Mendocino Coast Hospital Files Bankruptcy Motion To Reject Current Union...
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