Mendocino County Today: Friday: Jun 19, 2015
Willits Insiders; Mental Health; Privatization; MRC Unrest; Answer Directly; Gun Policy; Killing Wildlife; Tweek Crime; Insurance Payday; Police Reports; Water Restrictions; KZYX Contact; Gunplay;...
View ArticleColbert Channels His Inner Trump [video]
Stephen Colbert reimagines Trump's presidential campaign speech
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, June 20, 2015
FB Initiative; Warrior Rally; Body Cameras; HHSA Budget; Imaginary Rules; Yesterday's Catch; Greedville People; Authority Misuse; Hendy Celebration; Ukiah Contract; All-star Basketball; Hospital Risk;...
View ArticleAmerican Hippo: It Tastes Like Chicken
The grand idea to raise African hippos in the swampy Gulf Coast.
View ArticleDear MVP Curry, Please Don’t Visit My High School
Dear Steph, I am a Dubs fan. Always have been, always will be. I pass by Oracle Arena every day to and from work. Traffic is so bad on 880 I often get to admire, at length, the giant hanging posters...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
Sanhedrin Fire; Budget Mysteries; Lethal Answer; Stop the Press; Yesterday's Catch; Soul Art; The Zone; Essential Flaw; ACA Explained; Venerable Bede; Chopping Veggies; Charleston Massacre; Engineering...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, Jun 22, 2015
Sanhedrin Fire Holding; SF Walkabout; World Music Festival; Charming James; Catch of the Day; Nonlethal Alternatives; Acorns; Pot Regulators; Captain's Notes; Russell; Financial Report; 215 Retreat;...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Judge Denies; Sanhedrin 80%; Summer Fog; Corby Sale; Unconfirmed Rumors; Wrong Deputy; Balo's Barn; SNWMF Images; Fire Season; Corrections Box; Shadow; Marijuana Eradication; Stuck Truck; Shawshank...
View ArticleThe National Pasttime
June 24th brings us to one of the littlest known stories about major league baseball. It began in Ipswich, County Suffolk, England in 1854, on July 24th, with the birth of Richard Higham. Before Dick...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (June 24, 2015)
One of my favorite places to visit, anywhere in the world, is Hendy Woods. right here in the heart of the Valley. Now, to encourage more local folks to embrace this most special of places, the Hendy...
View ArticleFamily Feud, Covelo Style
A family feud in Covelo is no hokey-jokey television show, friends. Covelo people have been killed in feuds that have gone on for generations, some of them inside families. Last week, after a long,...
View ArticleOff the Record (June 24, 2015)
LOGGERS UPSET WITH MRC — Longtime local logger Jerry Philbrick alerted local news media this week to what he expected to have been a contentious meeting Wednesday morning in Ukiah with Mendocino...
View ArticleTrust
Trust is a tricky thing. Long ago, I held writing workshops for groups of eight people meeting for two hours once a week in my living room, each course lasting eight weeks. At the outset, I would...
View ArticleThe Animal Lady of Juniper Flat
I’ve always been of two minds when it comes to animal lovers. So long as they put the human animal at the top of their lists, I put them atop mine. Yet my whole life I’ve known that not all humans, or...
View ArticleAlmond Acreage Booms
The drought has reduced California’s water supply to an all-time low, prompting officials to mandate strict cutbacks in urban communities. Farmers, who went unaffected by the regulations, have said...
View ArticleBleecker’s Cabin
Julie Cook retired to what she assumed would be the bucolic peace of 22 acres at Third Gate, west of Willits. She jokes that she's "the only person at Third Gate who isn't in the marijuana business."...
View ArticleLetters (June 24, 2015)
I just read in the UDJ that Ukiah’s newly hired City Manager has negotiated an open-ended contract, with total benefits starting at $251,699 per year. Wow! That’s nearly six times the estimated median...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Homeless Biz; Sanhedrin Fire Contained; Island Mountain Raid; Adolescent Marijuana Use; Timber Regs; Feather; Thirsty Billionaires; Growers Initiative; Ukiah Stabbing; Yesterday's Catch; Public Radio;...
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