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Talmage Couple Arrested On Multiple Chomo Charges
A Talmage couple was arrested Thursday night in what authorities are calling the most atrocious case of child sexual abuse in decades, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Donald Earl...
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Mendocino County Today: January 29, 2014
RULE 16 refers to the Supervisor’s meeting procedures, specifically ad hoc presentations from The Great Unwashed during public comment. A recent controversy arose when Supervisor Hamburg cut off...
View ArticleThe Squatter
Alf and Mary Rose of Point Arena have a son named Joey. He was raised fishing off Point Arena Pier while his mother owned and operated the kitchen store at Arena Cove. Joey’s dad is a fisherman and...
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The Rebel
(Translated by Louis Bedrock) I imagine him as an adolescent at the streetcar stops, getting off near the beaches of Algiers, ready to “sock himself a bath” with the rest of the Arab kids, all united...
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The River & The Thread
Rosanne Cash’s last CD was called The List; an album of covers released in 2009 and drawn from a list given to her by her father of his one hundred essential country songs. The Man in Black intended...
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Mendocino County Today: January 30, 2014
THE LIGHT RAIN that fell on much of NorCal Wednesday settled the dust but little more. The state remains dry despite a couple of feet of snow in the Sierras. The California Department of Public Health...
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Mendocino County Today: January 31, 2014
MARK COWIN of the California Department of Water Resources said Thursday that the snowpack in the Sierra is only 12% of normal for this time of year, the lowest amount recorded since 1960 when the...
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Mendocino County Today: February 1, 2014
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ANNOUNCED Friday that barring miracle spring rains, the state’s far flung network of reservoirs will not be able to deliver water this summer. Department...
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Mendocino County Today: February 2, 2014
Cowin SEEMS FROM HERE that the state should go to mandatory water rationing immediately rather than wait a month to assess supplies at the end of February. The rains aren’t coming, as the water...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: February 3, 2014
MAYBE HALF AN INCH of rain aside Sunday, if that much fell on us, the day at least felt like winter. There was even snow at the higher elevations. Highway 175 from Hopland to Lake County was closed for...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: February 4, 2014
SUSAN KEEGAN was found dead in her Ukiah home more than three years ago. Her husband, Dr. Peter Keegan, was the only other person in the home when Mrs. Keegan died. The death certificate reads...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Well, it’s time again for me to leave these parts for the Annual Turkey Vultures and Lesser Birds of Prey Convention at a...
View ArticleHumCo Considers Homeless “Villages”
Humboldt County supervisors are looking at the possibility of establishing a shelter village for homeless people but they expect churches and community groups to be the main organizers. The potential...
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Willits Photographer Sues CalTrans, CHP
“An unlimited civil claim was filed this month against CalTrans and the California Highway Patrol for actions leading up to and including the arrest in July of ‘The Willits News’ photographer Steve...
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Valley People
THE LOCAL ANGLE, PETE CARROLL, coach of the Seahawks, once worked at the football camp run in Boonville by the late Boonville school superintendent, Bob Mathias. Mathias and a Marin County coach named...
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Off The Record
JUDGE NELSON called Tuesday morning. He said we had managed to be factually incorrect for the third week in a row. He said our figure for the proposed new County Courthouse was wrong. We think the...
View ArticleScoffers & Wet Blankets
It is an easy thing to scoff… a little wit mixed with ill nature, confidence, and malice will do it; but though they venture boldly yet they are often caught in their own trap. — Izaak Walton * * *...
View ArticleConduct Unbecoming…
Susan Keegan was found dead in her Ukiah home more than three years ago. Her husband, Dr. Peter Keegan, was the only other person in the home when Mrs. Keegan died. The death certificate reads...
View ArticleAlcohol & Other Drug Programs
The President’s State of the Union Address pointed up the specter of income disparity and the need for a boost in the minimum wage to narrow the gap. He practically got on his knees and begged for...
View ArticlePomp & Circumstance
“Everything in life matters and ultimately has a place, an impact and a meaning.” — Laurens Van Der Post Been one of those weeks where every conversation with all kinds of different kinds of people...
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