Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Oct 22, 2015
Finding Brett; Misdemeanor Camp; Mental Maze; Tussin Love; Norman Forum; Progressive Politics; Empty Niners; Gun Restriction; Stoners Rising; Michael Hedges; CO Healthcare; Yesterday's Catch; Toxic...
View ArticlePapal Pop & Circumstance
Entrusting the USA to its patroness, Mary Immaculate, then offering one final “God Bless America,” Pope Francis launched heavenward from Philadelphia on his Alitalia jet nearly two weeks ago. The...
View ArticleMy Journey With Ernie
It was a beautiful sunny day on the beach in Cardiff-by-Sea, Ca. during the early 1970’s, when I ran into this tall, friendly guy in a weird converted school bus. Now there’s a hippie dude I haven’t...
View ArticleSelf Medication Nation
Just back from Ashland, Oregon, where I saw two plays. The good news: fifty to sixty high school students in attendance at Much Ado About Nothing. The bad news: average age of audience goers one day...
View ArticleBad Bugs Biting Back
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law the nation's most stringent restrictions on the use of antibiotics in the production of meat. Is this a good thing? It certainly is - perhaps a...
View ArticleThe Cause That Shook an Empire
Remember the War in Vietnam? Indeed, how could anyone forget napalm, tiger cages and the Ho Chi Minh Trail, or the rag-tail army of pacifists, GIs, hippies, self-styled revolutionaries, Catholics,...
View ArticleBedlam On Low Gap
Some call it a debacle, others a fiasco — pick your adjective — but the escalating disaster of the County’s privatized mental health serices is now so severe that two judges, Ann Moorman and John...
View ArticleThe Reservoir Stops Here (Part 2)
California’s enormous and elaborate water infrastructure — dams, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plants, canals, aqueducts, gates, tunnels, and other machinations plumbed together across more than...
View ArticleRussian Air Power Stabilizes Assad’s Army
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/with-russias-help-the-syrian-army-is-back-on-its-feet-and-fiercer-than-ever-a6698866.html
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, Oct 23, 2015
Rainwater Catchment; Library Reimbursements; Bill Edelen; Gold-rush Exhibition; Bad Logging; Yesterday's Catch; Rossi's Right; FB Water; Elk Poaching; MCDH Finances; Bernie Fundraiser; Hippie Exhibit;...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, Oct 24, 2015
North Country; Rain Coming; Pond Stopped; Hendy Pipes; Privatization Fiasco; Kit Counsel; Pekin Running; Weed Summit; Sage; Capitalism Works; Asphalt Consequences; Yesterday's Catch; Weillville;...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, Oct 25, 2015
Mental Health Review; J Not Gay; Ticket Amnesty Program; County Retirement Fund; DA News; Mushroom ID; We're Screwed; Darwin Awards; Too Sweet?; Catch of the Day; Bloody Vines; Memo of the Air
View ArticleBarbarians Inside The Palace Gate
"We're gonna bash you, and beat you, and sadly mistreat you," giggle our royal friends.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, Oct 26, 2015
Branscomb Tragedy; LakeCo's Summer; Mental Health Concerns; Boonville Services; Development Costs; Group Hysteria; Yesterday's Catch; NAMI Meeting; Random Chron; Day Tripping; Autumn; The Raven;...
View ArticleMom and Pop Joint Is Super Bowl 50’s First Loser
Kafka-esque nightmare as Super Bowl shuts down small business during week of game.
View Article“Not Corrupt, Not A Thief!” Propels Comedian To Highest Office
Comedian with no political experience wins Guatemalan presidency in a landslide.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015
Deon Oldenes; John Jensen; Ocean Warm; Audio Editing; Naked Cyclists; Navarro Monitoring; MCDH Dysfunction; Local Documentary; Yesterday's Catch; 22,000 Days; Corporate News; Meaty Cancer; Trump...
View ArticleFort Bragg Petition Progresses
On Friday October 16, 2015, the Clerk of the City of Fort Bragg received a petition for a ballot initiative entitled “Prohibiting Social Services in the Central Business District.” On October 19th the...
View ArticleMendo Mental Health Meeting
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in Mendocino will host a public meeting addressing mental health challenges. The guest speaker will be Sheriff Tom...
View ArticleGold Rush Museum Exhibit
“Gold Fever! The Untold Stories of California’s Gold Rush,” a traveling exhibition presenting a treasury of Gold Rush-era images and reproductions of historical documents, will open with a preview...
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