Bird’s Eye View (Apr 16, 2014)
I have a warning about the downtown Boonville property owner, David “I’m not greedy” Johnson, the landlord of the “Pick and Pay” market and the two empty retail spaces next door, formerly the Boonville...
View ArticleAV High Student Leadership & Ag
On a sunny spring day I make my way into Beth Swehla’s dome-shaped classroom at Anderson Valley High School. Class is just about wrapping up, kids are headed for lunch, and Beth greets me warmly while...
View ArticleCurse Lifted
The curse that shaped the life of my grandmother, the lives of my mother and her brother, the life of my brother, and my own life, has finally been lifted. My brother and his wife lifted the curse, and...
View ArticleRobinson Crusoe Island
This April puts us five years short of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe’s popular novel about an island castaway is thought to have been inspired by the...
View ArticleTan Bark
One of the old-time industries in Anderson Valley and the North Coast was peeling and shipping of tan bark. It was a big thing in its day and created a living for many people. The tan oak as we know it...
View ArticleNatural Wonders
When I learned that Oregon, in addition to having an official State Flower, an official State Bird, Fish, Gem and what all, also has seven officially designated Natural Wonders, it struck me as...
View ArticleHumCo: New Klamath Pact A Game-Changer
County supervisors have said that a Klamath Basin water use agreement stemming from a key court ruling opens new potential for federal legislation on dam removal. Klamath Basin water issues were...
View ArticleValley People (Apr 16, 2014)
CAPTAIN RAINBOW and Yvonne Dunton were welcomed home Sunday with a party at The Captain’s Redwood Ridge home. The couple, as locals know, managed to escape from Myanmar where they’d been threatened by...
View ArticleOff The Record (Apr 16, 2014)
ANOTHER MENDO COUNTY FIRST, this line from an obituary in Tuesday’s Ukiah Daily Journal: “David enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, listening to music and smoking doobies.” CORRECTION: In Off...
View ArticleAt The Frontiers Of Sordid
Child molestation, traditionally, has been a male practice. But lately in pioneering Mendocino County, home of the world’s best marijuana, women have moved into the first rank of chomos. Surprised?...
View ArticleComposting Abbie
‘Composting Abbie: A Whale of a Story’ Book reception and signing On Friday, April 25, from 5 to 7 pm, Ann Maglinte, Jed Diamond and Martin Mileck cordially invite the public to attend a book signing...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, April 17, 2014
COR Accreditation Worries; Nana's Old Radio; Sandra Rubin's Art; Another Bubble?; Puig’s Backstory; Catching Rainwater; California's Resource Secretary; Defensible Space; Tribes of Mendocino; Police...
View ArticleMy Story
My name is Brett McFarland. I was born to Mike and Gayle McFarland on October 28th, 1984 in Sioux Falls SD. My father was a high ranking officer in the United States Army and my mother worked nights as...
View ArticleThe Food Of Love
Patches of snow cling to the muddy earth in the city’s picturesque nineteenth-century cemetery just to our north. Down in the gorge immediately to our south the creek builds momentum ever hour as the...
View ArticleVaccinate!
Vaccination is one of history’s most significant health advances. But California has had outbreaks of measles and pertussis in the past year. California also has a rising number of children not...
View ArticleResearch & The River
Almost a year ago an important document about a primary resource sustaining the Anderson Valley community was published with little local notice or comment. A report called Meeting Agricultural Water...
View ArticleQIC & CCC To Meet In FB At MCHC Hosted by MCBHRS To Discuss QOMH in MC.
Quality Improvement and Cultural Competency Committees Meeting in Fort Bragg on April 24, 2014 Mendocino County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Quality Improvement (QIC) and Cultural Competency...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, April 18, 2014
Tragedy on 101; Higher Education; Palace Escapes Receivership; COR's Fine Woodworking Program; I Think Continually; Gabriel García Márquez Dies; Spain & World War Two; More Delta Tunnel Critics;...
View ArticleSpecial Mendocino County Mental Health Board (MHB) Meeting May 7, 2014
The MHB Special meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 7 at 1:00 p.m. in Ukiah at Department of Social Services, Big Sur Conference Room, located at 747 S. State St. This special meeting will provide...
View ArticleLegal Bank Robbery with Vinnie Ruebottom
Business owners and business hopefuls are invited to a free crash course on accessing capital on Wednesday, April 30th at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center. Beginning at 8:30 a.m., attendees will...
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