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Drought Tips For Grape Growers
White Local grape growers would have trouble finding a better spokesperson than Sean White, General Manager of the Russian River Flood Control District, an entity that controls the 8,000 acre-feet of...
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Assaulting An Officer?
For as far back as Douglas Alan Duncan, 58, can trace, the maternal side of his family has been tied to the land in and around Robinson Rancheria: a federal Indian reservation near the sleepy Lake...
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Judge Nelson’s Courtroom
The Honorable David Nelson is about the best judge any reasonable criminal can hope for. And for those of us who obey the laws with at least some regularity, we, too, can be thankful for Judge Nelson,...
View ArticleTake A Look At This
This is an extraordinary letter. Squint at it. I’ve never seen one like it. Consider the Board of Directors, at the bottom. These are the directors of a controversial and floundering radio station. The...
View ArticleGetting Water Wise in HumCo
Last summer, we saw some dramatic incidents of water theft in Weott and Bridgeville and some ugly busts featuring unsavory water use practices. Granted, the water thefts may have had nothing to do with...
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Letters: Feb 19, 2014
THE ANGER FACTORY Nolan Todd Lawson Jr. NO TO FLOURIDE IN SOCO a Sonoma County Resident BURKE’S BEST Randy Burke KZYX BOARD’S LOVE LETTER TO COATE John Sakowicz McKENTY WRONG Jeff Blankfort RESPECT TO...
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Little River Man Found Guilty
On June 6, 2012, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted regulations for alleged “marine protected areas” on the North Coast, completing a controversial network of MPAs in California’s open...
View ArticleThe Celebrated Preying Turkey Vulture of Warwickshire County
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. At the conclusion of the second week of my trip to The United Kingdom of Turkey Vultures, Buzzards, and Lesser Birds of Prey,...
View ArticleAV Hoops
by Boonville Booster Well, another week of basketball has come and gone and it should be considered a successful week for the men and women Panther cagers. Potter Valley came to town on Feb 4th with a...
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Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Bruce Hering Dead Drought Tips for Grape Growers “Most Significant Attack” since 911 Drought Tips for the Rest of Us Salad University Wildlife Film Festival Dog Maul Man Identified Madoff Alone KZYX...
View ArticleThe Brotherhood Of The Grape
“California vineyards bring in record crop.” — New York Times, Feb. 16, 2014 (Scene: Dinner gathering of wine industry business honchos) “OK, good job this year everybody and thanks for turning up...
View ArticleBright Eyes, Good Brain
It’s said that Shirley Temple is responsible for one of Graham Greene’s least good but most Catholic novels The Power & The Glory. In the late 1930s an impoverished Greene, scrounging for rent...
View ArticleSelf-Loving
“Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.” — David Packard A friend of mine went to graduate school at Yale in theater management and marketing where his favorite professor...
View ArticleThe California Coast
Yes, a person can get homesick every now and then when gone south for the winter. But there is a cure: call home. Doesn’t matter who. Just call any number in the 218 or 701 area code. Listen to the...
View ArticleThe Shameless Descent Of Bob Dylan
Given the youth movement charged with energizing the Super Bowl’s non-football offerings — a trend embodied by Bruno Mars at this year’s halftime show — it was only fair that the old folks should make...
View ArticleResilient Warriors of The Rustic Ranch
Inverness is a picturesque little town on the west coast of Florida about 50 miles south of Gainesville and 25 miles of Ocala. It’s a short drive from the Gulf of Mexico and within a few hours of...
View ArticleWho’s Your Doctor?
As of last week more than 3.3 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance through online marketplaces under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). California leads the...
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A Premature Ganjapreneur
[courtesy O'Shaughnessy's News Service] Ciro Mancuso, skiing star Julia Mancuso’s father, was in the marijuana industry before it was legit — a premature ganjapreneur, you might say. In the 1970s and...
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Mendocino County Today: Thursday, February 20, 2014
California Drought Relief Redwoods Caught in Crossfire Constipated Airwaves KZYX Dialogue Frisco High Rises Art in Ukiah Drought Tip of the Day Police Reports GOV. JERRY BROWN on Wednesday is expected...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Displacement Crisis
The tech boom has made San Francisco’s real estate the most expensive in the nation. Tech companies, from startups to Fortune 500 firms, are cleaving more and more income for themselves out of the U.S....
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