Bongo Bill
Editor: My name is William Joseph Newport CDCR#K14307, aka “Bongo Bill.” This letter has been a long time coming. I was a homeless man who had a more or less meager form of existence in the town of...
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WHERE’S THE DEMO? Letter to the editor Where is the Democracy? is the title of this letter. Reading through Will Parish’s accounts of the struggle to save Little Lake Valley wetlands from Caltrans’...
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Mendocino County Today: September 20, 2013
PETER RICHARDSON has settled his pot case. The cops and the DA claimed that Richardson was growing hot house dope for sale. Richardson said he simply needed lots and lots of weed to beat back his...
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Mendocino County Today: September 21, 2013
THE CRISIS AT FUKUSHIMA REACTOR 4 Time for a Global Takeover By Harvey Wasserman We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is...
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Mendocino County Today: September 22, 2013
MENDO WORKERS PLAN ONE-DAY STRIKE Mendocino County Declares Impasse; Workers Call a One-Day ULP STRIKE One day after SEIU 1021 members overwhelmingly voted in favor of going on an Unfair Labor Practice...
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Mendocino County Today: September 23, 2013
Madrigal HOLLY MADRIGAL has announced she’ll run for 3rd District supervisor. So far, the Mayor of Willits is the only person to announce for the seat presently held by incumbent John Pinches. Other...
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Mendocino County Today: September 24, 2013
RICHARD PETERSEN has died. The famous Ukiah-based criminal defense attorney had been ill with cancer for some time, and passed away Monday in Belvedere, Marin County. ============================= Pena...
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Mendocino County Today: September 25, 2013
JUST IN: Judge Ann Moorman today (Tuesday) denied DA David Eyster’s motion to have Will Parrish jailed for allegedly violating the conditions of his bail on pending charges. The new charge of trespass...
View ArticlePanther Soccer 2013
The past week witnessed a couple of big matches in the high school boys soccer season that may well have a significant impact on the season as a whole. These were against Roseland Prep from Santa Rosa...
View ArticleCalTrans Destroys Archeological Site
A federal historic preservation agency called out Caltrans last week for a “major breach” of its commitment to protect historic properties, as required by the project’s environmental impact statement....
View ArticleMore Panels, Less Help
On September 17th, a panel calling itself the Coastal Homelessness and Mental Health Action Group met for the first time in the conference room of the Fort Bragg Police Department. The only form of law...
View ArticleIt’s Meth, Not Drugs
The joke in Anderson Valley is that the meth tasting rooms begin on the Deep End (Navarro) where the wine tasting rooms leave off. It’s one of those jokes based on regional conceits, the need to look...
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Lenny Leum’s Dope Dossiers
Leonard Leum Mike Biaggi runs Manchester Storage. Some people don’t pay to store their stuff, so Biaggi, after proper notice, auctioned off the contents of several abandoned storage units. On September...
View ArticleValley People
THE SCANNER CRACKLED Monday with the ominous news that a woman at the Hanes Ranch west of Boonville had suffered “full cardiac arrest.” The next bulletin instructed emergency responders that the woman,...
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RICHARD PETERSEN has died. The famous Ukiah-based criminal defense attorney had been ill with cancer for some time, and passed away Monday in Belvedere, Marin County.Subscribe now to access our entire...
View ArticleTaylor Stoehr
“In life, one must show character and kindness.” — Pablo Casals My good buddy Taylor Stoehr just died and I’ve been leafing through the bulging file of his letters to me, reading passages at random and...
View ArticleExploring Garberville’s Transient Problem
Following a Sheriff’s Office-escorted tour of Garberville’s transient camps and hangouts, Southern Humboldt Supervisor Estelle Fennell has reported that an effort to launch police foot patrols is...
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Speech Made Us Human
Recently, we explored a bit of the explosion in commercial businesses offering genetic testing, with the conclusion, “let the buyer beware.” Here, we hear from some famed figures with a similar...
View ArticleWhy Do They Call You…?
There’s not a month that goes by that someone doesn’t ask me, “Why do they call you Chili Bill?” I feel the time has come to answer this question in a simple, straightforward manner to calm the...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. So we had a little rain, eh? Got to be good news for many folks, although some people I spoke to had been suddenly shaken into...
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