Valley People (Sep 16, 2015)
RICK WYANT, formerly of Anderson Valley, lately of Willits, died unexpectedly Tuesday around noon in Willits at the age of 58. Mr. Wyant is survived by his father, Frank Wyant; wife of 41 years,...
View ArticleBeware The Gravitron
The trial for Jose Carmona ended last Friday after lengthy testimony from an eight-year-old girl, Jane Doe, who says the operator of the Gravitron (Carmona) exposed himself to her last June at the fair...
View ArticleLong-Time Local Fish & Rivers Advocate Passes Away
Zeke Grader, a legendary defender of fish, fishing communities, the Bay-Delta Estuary and the public trust, passed away Monday night. The Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of...
View ArticleA Lady Always Knows When To Leave
When my daughter was nine days shy of her 13th birthday, she succumbed to pediatric cancer. We had some inkling since birth that she could be a short timer. When her brain tumor harvested itself at age...
View ArticleOutdoor Adventuring
Within a week I've seen A Walk in the Woods and Meru, two films about outdoor adventuring. A Walk in the Woods made it to Fort Bragg's Coast Cinemas. You are not likely to see Meru anywhere closer than...
View ArticleRefugees
Hundreds of thousands of refugees from the ongoing wars in the Middle East have walked and are walking to Western Europe. Thousands of Africans have traveled through Spain into France and reached...
View ArticleActor Lies About 9/11, But Posts Selfie Taken With Napoleon at Sphinx
Will his career go Building 7? Is this considered a career false flag? Has Hillary found her running mate?
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thurs., Sep 17, 2015
CALFIRE MAKES PROGRESS ON VALLEY FIRE: AS OF 7:30pm Wednesday night the historically destructive fire had expanded but not quite as fast. Now up to over 70,000 acres — 35% contained, up from 30% 24...
View ArticleHillary Reveals Her True Colors
January 26, 1996 — The prime do-gooder bluestocking of all time was probably Beatrice Webb, who with her husband Sydney fostered the political tendency known as Fabianism, very influential in the...
View ArticleSomething’s Amok At The SF Mime Troupe
On August 10, two theatre people on the Board of Directors of The SF Mime Troupe –Joel Schechter and I resigned. Prior to that four others – long time Board Members -- also resigned in April 2015 Is...
View ArticleOne Man’s Experience
My first experience as a mental health client was at age 24 when I moved into a residential treatment house in Davis for mental health clients. I had dropped out of UC Davis at age 23 and had been...
View ArticleHooray for the Hollywood Hills
Walking the Cahuenga Peak trail to the Hollywood Sign is a moderate climb with spectacular views of L.A.'s endless sprawl.
View ArticleThe Middletown Fire
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View ArticleMendocino County Today: Fri., Sep 18, 2015
AS OF 8pm THURSDAY night the historically destructive Valley Fire had expanded again, albeit slower than the first few days. It is now up a few thousand more acres to almost 74,000 acres with 35%...
View ArticleBetty The Riveter Has Died
Born August 10th, 1925, she has had her gravesite and headstone in place ever since she lost her first husband a train wreck, 1954. While he had been fighting with Patton’s Third Armor in the Battle of...
View ArticleAre Fighting Robots The Future Of The NFL?
A new techno-sport offers a novel way to celebrate violence and spectacle.
View ArticleRussia Sends War Planes To Syria: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The U.S.-led destruction of the world continues unabated. Please save us, Hillary!
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sat., Sep 19, 2015
AS OF FRIDAY EVENING, the Valley Fire has burned 73,700 acres and is 45% contained. CalFire: “Suppression crews made good progress Friday and were able to construct additional control lines. Lower...
View ArticleThe Road to Damascus
In 2012 Austin Tice went to war-ravaged Syria to become an eyewitness to history. Then he disappeared.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sun., Sep 20, 2015
FINALLY, 50% containment on Valley fire (now a week in). The Valley Fire in the Middletown area of Lake County is now up to almost 75,000 acres burned, 585 homes known destroyed as well as “hundreds”...
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