Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Local Water CA Water Charts Jubal Stedman Dead Frisco Lit Elected Bodies Local Emergencies More KZYX Paroxysms Fort Bragg College Meeting Fort Bragg Trash Meeting Plastic Takeout Ban Hash Oil...
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“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” — Judy Garland The well-known actor Philip Seymour Hoffman...
View ArticleThe Field Of Mars
When this year’s half-time show performer was announced in the hype-filled run-up to the Super Bowl, it seemed to me that a pop star who shared his stage name with that of the God of War must be the...
View ArticleWater, Water Everywhere
Imagine you’re in Hawaii for the winter months enjoying the sunshine and tropical breezes, hardly a care in the world. Sure, back in California things are dry, in fact, this year is turning out to be...
View ArticleAmong The Provincials
“What them Indians ought-ah do is take a map and break up their reservation into acres. Give um numbers, paint um on balls, hire a big old Portland publicity outfit and then hold themselves a giant...
View ArticleThe Heads Up Duo
In anticipation of the upcoming event, I met with René Auberjonois at his home in Anderson Valley and we were joined via Skype (audio/video feed to René’s laptop) from Paris. Yes that Paris, the one in...
View ArticleNorth By Northwest
North to Boonville. I’m going, finally, to Seattle. That’s about all everyone around here in Sacramento refers to when the inevitable I should, could be living somewhere other than here comes up. It’s...
View ArticleGregg
It’s been a long time since I first heard about underground missile silos in Colorado. It was the Cold War and we were ready, so the story went. Twenty years or so ago, I became friends with Gregg...
View ArticleItalian Pig Tales: Yorkville’s Cinta Senese
It may be a story of the “if you build it they will come,” variety and while it is magical, it is no accident that a group of highly articulate, bright, young, entrepreneurial farmers with diverse...
View ArticleLetters: Feb 12, 2014
Helen Michael Michael Weist Louis S. Bedrock Todd Walton Denis Rouse Patricia Kovner William ‘Bongo Bill’ Newport Steve Elliott Lee Simon Jimmy Humble Doug McKenty Peter Sears Saul Blumberg aka Saul...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Parker Resigns Nice Try of the Week NorCal Forecast Mendo County CEO Report Restaurant Bag Ban Museum Road Tour Where the Water Goes Media Hegemony The SoCal Coast Omnicidal Polity Police Report...
View ArticleWell That Was Fun
A March To Irrelevance What positive effect did the protests during the Republican convention really have? by Matt Taibbi, September 10, 2004 Hey, you assholes: The 60s are over! I’m not talking about...
View ArticleSweeney’s College Gang
Venceremos: Arming for a Fight from PaloAltoHistory.com The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time of awkward cultural juxtaposition, both in the nation at large and here in Palo Alto. Today, pop...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, February 14, 2014
Bomb Scare House Fire Gateway Drug for Kids Beautiful Old Age LeValley Guilty Activist Awards Shirley Temple Craig’s on the Move Museum Events Police Report THE BOMB SCARE Wednesday at the venerable...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, February 15, 2014
Dylan Shills Wilderness on Drugs Rich Man’s Kristallnacht Shorty’s Last Bus Ride Boonville Winter Market Huffman on Marijuana SF Real Estate Sheriff’s Report THE SHAMELESS DESCENT OF BOB DYLAN For...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, February 16, 2014
Palace Hotel Red-tagged? Public Hearing: CR FB Headlines of the Day Dog Gone Drink v. Rent How to Irrigate Seed Saving Swinishness Bank of Cannabis Rich v. Poor Santa Rosa Fluoridation Charlie’s...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, February 17, 2014
Fish in the River 3rd District Candidates Palace Hotel Unsafe Burke’s Best Books Twain for President Sweeney’s College Gang Amazon Drones Black on Tea Party Urine Trouble Fracking Nuclear Waste Police...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
President’s Day County Salaries CR FB Public Hearing Report Rovics in Mendocino KZYX Like Letter KZYX Love Letter Inmate Lawson v. Fun Buns CA Third Party Exclusion Willits Film Festival Hernandez...
View ArticleValley People
FOR THE FIRST time since 1958, Shorty Adams is not behind the wheel of a Boonville school bus. Last week, without any announcement from the district, Shorty suddenly left the job he’s held for 56...
View ArticleOff The Record
A MEETING to discuss the announcement that the College of the Redwoods plans to close its Fort Bragg campus was held Monday, February 17th at Fort Bragg Town Hall, 12 noon to 2 pm. No word yet on the...
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