Off The Record (June 11, 2014)
BIG TROUBLE IN COVELO seems to be heading in the ominous direction of a revival of the Lincoln-Britton Feud of 1995. That one resulted in three shooting deaths, one of the fatalities famously being...
View ArticleScary Story Deuce
All the defense had to do was stipulate, a fancy word for ‘admit,’ to the prior DUIs in the Joan Rainville case and make the prosecution prove Rainville had assaulted two unharmed persons, neither of...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (June 11, 2014)
We are sad to report that the Pronsolino Ranch on Signal Ridge loaded up their flock of sheep and drove them away for the last time this past week. After ninety years Angelo Pronsolino has called time...
View ArticleLetters (June 11, 2014)
I have some news for John Sackowicz, Ukiah's self-anointed "people's tribune" and windbag-about-town, as well as for the misguided former members of Sgt. Bowe Berghdahl's unit should they happen across...
View ArticleWalton Predicts
My friend David Jouris, an eccentric mapmaker, photographer and quotation collector, has for several years suggested I create a web site called Walton Predicts. This suggestion stems from David’s...
View ArticleHiking the Yolla Bolly
During the first week of June I headed into the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in the northwestern corner of Mendocino County. In the Wintun language "Yo-la" means snow covered and "Bo-li"...
View ArticleThe Music of Release
The viral video released this week by the Taliban trumpeting their victory in the five-for-one prisoner exchange that will bring Bowe Bergdahl back to the US to face the court of public opinion begins...
View ArticleThe $379 Million Valley Trails Project
For years the Valley Trail Initiative group has promoted the idea of a bike trail for Anderson Valley. Their efforts indeed received a major boost when Caltrans provided a $135,000 grant to conduct a...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, June 12, 2014
Scharffenberger Casualty; Inmate Dog Grooming; Artesa Withdraws; Xenophobia; Inmate Dies; Hwy 101 Accident; Mental Colonization; Catch of the Day; Police Calls; Hump's Makeover; Unprosecutable; Slow...
View ArticleThe Existentialism Of Bicycling
The 15th Edition of The Encyclopedia Britannica informs us that according to existentialism, “… man is not a detached observer of the world, but ‘in the world.’ He exists in a special sense in which...
View ArticleUnder the Barricades
“Remember the void, Chuck. Remember the void.” Dramatically, the woman held his face in her hands, staring deeply into the void of Chuck’s eyes. “C’mon Chuck, let’s go.” We dragged him away from the...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, June 13, 2014
Willits Water Project; Navarro Trickle; Mendocino Ballpark; Fort Bragg Charm; Iraq Quagmire; Kelseyville Bust; Local Artist; Journalistic Storytelling; Navarro Inn Restoration; Jail Death; Catch of the...
View ArticleRepubs to Meet in Fort Bragg
The Mendocino County Republican Central Committee will meet Saturday, June 21, 2014, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon at the Moura Senior Housing, 400 South Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437. For further information...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, June 14, 2014
Graduation Day; Full Moon; Lynch Mob; Catch of the Day; Police Calls; Healthy Criticism; Hwy 20 Accident; Hwy 1 Collision; Team Sport; Albion Burn Ban; I Carry Your Heart; Drought Hotline; Recycling...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, June 15, 2014
Room Needed; Outback Tomatoes; Ortner's Agent; Willits Leadership; Pereira/Richey; SoCal Water; Pertussis Peaking; Artist's Statement; Catch of the Day; Police Calls; Liquid Meth
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, June 16, 2014
Nude Cycling; Teaching Vocation; Brown's Budget; AVArts Scholarship; Journalistic Storytelling; If; Baghdad Boogie; Drug Relationship; Armchair Generals; Catch of the Day; Big Oil Brown; SEIU Insurgents
View ArticleUkiah Biz Gal Monthly Confab
Monthly Networking Meeting Ukiah Conference Center, 200 S. School St, Ukiah. Noon. June 17, 2014 — our regular monthly networking meeting! This month’s topic: Ideas about how to use SOCIAL MEDIA in...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Noyo Yoyo; Primary Results; Acoustic Baseball; Great Satans; Fire Restrictions; Football Camp; Catch of the Day; Police Calls; Nation Building; Mack the Knife; Hoefest; The Discussion; Right Now, Andy!
View ArticleAquaponics With Permaculture (Not Waterboarding with Acupuncture)
Aquaponics Using Applied Permaculture–Workshop June 28-29 at Solar Living Institute A self-sufficient system: Weekend workshop provides introductionto exciting new field The Solar Living Institute...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Moorman Reversed; Caltrans Scheduling; Brown the Knife; Haight 1967; Translating Mack; Library Budget; Young Son Asking; Sheriff’s Agreement; War Racket; Catch of the Day; Domestic Violence; Brazil...
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