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Mendocino County Today: July 8, 2013
OUR SUPERVISORS will hold a closed-door meeting Monday at 11am. The agenda includes three items: labor negotiations and two court cases to be discussed with the county’s legal counsel. The first case...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: July 9, 2013
WILL PARRISH was released from the County Jail on his own recognizance last Wednesday (July 3rd.) Parrish, also known as Red Tail Hawk, writes on environmental matters for the AVA. He’d been arrested...
View ArticleThe Mad Bomber Of Ukiah
The matter of who bombed Judi Bari is unlikely to be settled in the courts, especially not 20- plus years after the event; the perpetrator not only got clean away with it but managed to make sure that...
View Article‘Perilous. Very Perilous.’
Fifth District Supervisor Dan Hamburg was in court last week, and a good thing, too. He was about to lose $35,000, and after paying $9,500 in election fines imposed by the California Fair Political...
View ArticleShutting It Town: A Timeline
Since late-May, opponents of CalTrans’ Willits Bypass have conducted four occupations of the wetlands area where Big Orange’s construction contractors are installing 80-foot drainage tubes, or “wick...
View ArticleInterdependence Day
A very large though not especially tall man is blocking the open doorway of Mendocino’s recently enlarged GoodLife Café and Bakery. This very large man is in his late thirties, I would guess, with...
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Mendocino County Today: July 10, 2013
AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, The County Of Mendocino (and Auditor Controller Meredith Ford acting in her official capacity), is being sued by the cities of Ukiah, Fort Bragg and Willits. All counties in...
View ArticleBach & Security
As has become even clearer this Fourth of July with the ongoing saga of fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden playing out on the world stage, what was celebrated on Independence Day in America is not...
View ArticleRiver Views
Hiking is in my blood, from the Highlands of Scotland to the Burren of western Ireland. One of my great uncles, Alec Robertson oft times strode from Rockport to the Albion River and back for a long...
View ArticleA Brief History Of Pot On The Northcoast
Marijuana was by no means the first boom crop to delight my home county of Humboldt, here in Northern California, five hours drive from San Francisco up Route 101. Leaving aside the boom of...
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Last Heard From Near ‘Murder Mountain’
Garret Rodriguez with Katrina LeBlanc. When Garret Rodriguez drove north from Ocean Beach in late December 2012, he sat behind the wheel of his newly purchased 1998 Dodge Ram four-wheel drive pickup....
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Not So Simple Living
Once again, the scenic Anderson Valley gears up for three days of practical DIY skills, fun, music and the building of a community.Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 year. For...
View ArticleDichotomy
Once again, I feel absolutely compelled to respond to another of Mark Scaramella’s front page articles, this one in the July 3rd edition, on boozing in Mendocino County. I believe that I am in a unique...
View ArticleSquirrels & Snakes & Venom: Oh My!
Nearly everyone in Mendocino County has encountered a rattlesnake. Though bites are rare, California’s Northern Pacific Rattlesnake is worthy of healthy respect and is the subject of much...
View ArticleValley People
“SHORTLY before noon Monday, a trench on the Holmes Ranch near Philo caved in, injuring a man. No details yet.” That was all we had yesterday. Further investigation reveals the site as the Duckhorn...
View ArticleOff The Record
AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, THE COUNTY OF MENDOCINO (and Auditor Controller Meredith Ford acting in her official capacity), is being sued by the cities of Ukiah, Fort Bragg and Willits. All counties in...
View ArticleWine Tasting
Ramblin’ around this diry old town Scroungin’ for nickels and dimes Times getting rough I ain’t got enough To buy me a bottle of wine Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober...
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Mendocino County Today: July 11, 2013
ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON CHARGE ADDED TO DUI CASE by Tiffany Revelle The Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office is taking a novel approach in a misdemeanor DUI case where the defendant also...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor
DC NONSENSE Editor, The nonsense going on in Washington these days keeps making me think that we are living in a completely broken, nonfunctional state; one that is incapable of even recognizing, much...
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Mendocino County Today: July 12, 2013
OUR CONGRESSMAN will be in Belvedere Saturday afternoon. Fresh off challenging his constituents to a photo contest, Mr. Irrelevant will join Nancy Pelosi at a billionaire’s home to raise money for...
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