There’s Substantial & Then There’s Substantial

“I hope you print the truth,” Mrs. Plowright said as this reporter left the courtroom. I didn’t have time to ask what she meant by that remark, but...

‘Go Back Where You Came From, Safely Please’

Thirty years ago, in 1982, when we moved to Rays Road in Philo I started visiting the Navarro River just a short distance down the road on a...

Chasing A Sea Snail?

They’re clammy. They’re rubbery. They’re often deep-fried in vegetable oil. And though the red abalone of California was once a staple of dirt-cheap seafood shacks, this big slippery...

Why It’s OK To Stick It To Romney For Being A Mormon

Mitt Romney will be the Republican to face President Obama in the fall. Tuesday night was the clincher, as the Mormon zealot won in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington...

Off The Hook

Recreational salmon fishing opened on the California coast from Horse Mountain in Humboldt County to the U.S./Mexico border on Saturday with good fishing reported by moochers and trollers...

When Love Has Fled

Funny how domestic abuse can coincide with tax time. An estranged couple by the name of Dolan has three or more kids between ’em, and one half of...

Region/National ‘We Don’t Have To Follow Your Laws’

‘We Don’t Have To Follow Your Laws’

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Nothing the North Coast Railroad Authority does should come as a shock anymore. This, after all, is the state agency that for years ran around telling everyone fantastical and contradictory stories — often pulling facts...

May 16 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Jerry Brown: The Big Oil Governor

Jerry Brown: The Big Oil Governor

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Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the President of the Western States Petroleum Association, is back in the news in an article in today’s Sacramento Bee about the increase in steam injection oil drilling permits since Governor Jerry Brown...

May 9 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »
County

Mendocino County Today: May 16, 2012

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Mendocino County Today: May 16, 2012

DAVE GURNEY WRITES: “On Friday, I appeared in Mendocino County Superior Court with attorney Peter Martin of Eureka, (via teleconference call) and three loyal...

May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »

The Magic Coast’s Underside

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The Magic Coast’s Underside

At this time of year — high spring, with the gamboling of tourists — the magical golden coast of Mendocino is at its most...

May 15 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

There’s Substantial & Then There’s Substantial

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There’s Substantial & Then There’s Substantial

“I hope you print the truth,” Mrs. Plowright said as this reporter left the courtroom. I didn’t have time to ask what she meant...

May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Pinto Revel, Anderson Valley

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Pinto Revel, Anderson Valley

The alcohol farms of Highway 128 will be under siege by a battalion of Lexus and BMW wagons on May 18th through 20th as...

May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Essays

River Views

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River Views

The last two River Views columns recounted the feud between the Frost and Coates families of Little Lake (think southern Willits and you’re there), seemingly culminating in an 1867 gun battle that left five of the Coates clan dead as well as the oldest Frost...

May 16 2012 / No comment / Read More »

That What You Fear The Most?

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That What You Fear The Most?

Last week I completed a class I never intended on taking. In fact, I have been running from that whole sector of the academic world for half my life. I even transferred to obscure colleges to circumvent certain requirements. I am not proud. I felt...

May 16 2012 / 12 comments / Read More »

Everything Connected

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Everything Connected

“When we express our true nature, we are human beings. When we do not, we do not know what we are.” — Shunryu Suzuki Planting sugar snap pea seeds yesterday, I was thrilled to find the raised bed rife with earthworms, young and old. We...

May 16 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Valley

Valley People

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Valley People

THE BEER FEST went off with a minimum of unpleasantness with only a few arrests for drunk in public and several for driving under the influence. Considering there were somewhere between 6 and 7 thousand dudes and dudettes assembled at the Fairgrounds, most of them...

May 16 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Hendy Grove

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Hendy Grove

Before there was an Occupy Hendy Woods movement, before there was a Hendy Woods State Park, there was Hendy Grove. ...

May 16 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Letters to the Editor

Letters To The Editor

Letters To The EditorNO MORE KENT STATES President Obama: Kent State Letter from Allison’s Family Kent State Peace May 1, 2012 President Barack H. Obama, The White House...

May 9 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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The Jaundiced Eye Was Susan Keegan Murdered Over A Year Ago? by Bruce Anderson

Was Susan Keegan Murdered Over A Year Ago? by Bruce Anderson

Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster said, “No comment” recently when he was asked if the investigation into the untimely and improbable death of Susan Keegan in November of 2010 was ongoing. Eyster’s...

Apr 28, 2012 / More »
Mamam That What You Fear The Most?

That What You Fear The Most?

Last week I completed a class I never intended on taking. In fact, I have been running from that whole sector of the academic world for half my life. I even transferred to...

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Under The Table Everything Connected

Everything Connected

“When we express our true nature, we are human beings. When we do not, we do not know what we are.” — Shunryu Suzuki Planting sugar snap pea seeds yesterday, I was thrilled...

May 16, 2012 / More »
Mendocino County Today Mendocino County Today: May 16, 2012

Mendocino County Today: May 16, 2012

DAVE GURNEY WRITES: “On Friday, I appeared in Mendocino County Superior Court with attorney Peter Martin of Eureka, (via teleconference call) and three loyal supporters, to answer a ‘Motion for Summary Adjudication’ filed...

May 15, 2012 / More »

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