My Craziest Humboldt Day Ever
So it’s 7am, I still haven’t slept yet, but as I sit here reflecting on what might have been the craziest night of my weed career in Humboldt, I can’t help but smile. I made it. What that means will...
View ArticleDoctor 4-H
Dr. Preston owned a two story building that still stands today at the corner of Little Lake and Lansing Street in Mendocino, across from the then Preston Mansion. The building was originally built for...
View ArticleThe Stony Lonesome…Gets Philosophical
I recently heard a radio interviewee make a statement so ridiculous, so patently absurd, so willfully obtuse, that I felt I must, from atop my lofty perch here at the Stony Lonesome Department of...
View ArticleThree Tragedies
Three tragedies were in court last week. The first was Sparrow Browne-Steel who got four years and eight months for the vehicular manslaughter of her cousin and her dearest friend she killed driving...
View ArticleReversions
Something marvelous strange happened with our pumpkins this year. That is to say we are hopeful the strange turns out to be marvelous. Here’s what has happened so far. Four years ago, I bought two...
View ArticleDitching High School
A few months ago Harper’s Magazine published an article by Rebecca Solnit titled “Abolish High School.” After a brief introduction, she tells about the circumstances that propelled her from junior high...
View ArticleLetters (Aug 19, 2015)
I am writing this letter in regards to the lame-ass way the cops, investigators, and so-called "justice system" have handled the violent murder of Rosalena 'Belle' Rodriguez case. From the very...
View ArticleWine Empire’s Water Grab
An overflow crowd spilled into the lobby at California State Senator Mike McGuire’s August 13 promised Town Hall in Santa Rosa. Many were alarmed by an article at the top of the front-page of the prior...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, Aug 20, 2015
$4000 Beds; Heist & Squirt; Bridge Graffiti; Ground Sinking; Vehicle Break-ins; Swinging Boyfriend; Cannabis Hour; Police Reports; Citizens Regroup; Warrant Wednesday; Yesterday's Catch; Big Cars;...
View ArticleCat Owners Blind To Feline Evil
Responsible pet owners? Or the Taliban of the multi-species household?
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, Aug.21, 2015
COUNT US AMONG the saps who voted for Prop 39 because (1) it raised taxes on corporations and (2) the money raised would go to the creation of clean energy jobs. Three years later, according to an AP...
View ArticleWelcome to Dismaland!
Underground street artist Banksy opens reality-based amusement park.
View ArticleFirst Nation Heroes Battle Oil Pipeline
In British Columbia, indigenous group blocks pipeline heresy.
View ArticleA Sin To Stay Down: A Boont Noir (Chapter 2)
Javier didn’t recognize their faces, but he had seen the chairs before; white, plastic, cheap. Stackable. Their center of gravity was off kilter. They strained, almost buckled on weak, ill-designed...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sat., Aug.22, 2015
AMONG MENDOCINO COUNTY'S ongoing semi-disasters, consider the County's animal shelter, recipient of ten separate complaints from the Grand Jury. But, properly managed, there's money in abandoned dogs...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sun., Aug.23, 2015
ANOTHER WILDFIRE IN LAKE COUNTY, this time one that started Saturday afternoon near Kelseyville on the southwestern side of Clearlake. At about 8pm Saturday night, Calfire announced, “Firefighters are...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, Aug.24, 2015
PROGRESS MADE ON PETERSON FIRE As of about 7pm Sunday night, Calfire assessed this latest Lake County blaze near Kelseyville at 215 acres burned, 30% contained: “Firefighters made forward progress...
View ArticleGreat Day in Elk
The 41st fun-filled “Great Day in Elk” will be held this Saturday, August 29, from noon until 7pm. The parade starts at noon on Highway 1, with floats, tykes on bikes, Smokey the Bear and lots more....
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