by David Severn
One of the more rewarding aspects of this job is to discover the myriad and remarkable ways that people’s buttons get pushed. With regards to Nancy Mayer’s comments (see below) about last week’s tidbit on the mountain lion shot on Rays Road. I would have to agree that my thrown together coverage was somewhat "bereft [...]
Every time I see the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, I wonder if it’s worth torturing myself by trusting that paper to give me a picture of what humanity is up to. I don’t buy it. I mean, I stop at the coffeeshop and there it is staring, glaring at me from the table while I [...]
by Tim Stelloh
Ask a recreational abalone hunter on the North Coast about poaching, and the reply is invariably tinged with scorn or frustration. Their grumblings spill into Fort Bragg’s Subsurface Dive Shop, light up websites and offer clues to the Department of Fish and Game’s "CalTIP" hotline. Every once in a while, the California Department of Fish [...]
by Tim Stelloh
As Willits contemplated the fate of Remco’s toxic legacy last month at the June 12 City Council meeting, there was one unanswered question that haunted the evening’s testimony. What happened to the audio recordings of State’s health panel meeting? The question, of course, refers to an "expert panel" convened on March 29 at UC San [...]
THERE ARE TWO conventional schools of thought about why the Supervisors fired their relatively new Chief Executive Officer John Ball last Wednesday in a special closed session. (The Supes themselves have refused to explain the firing on the advice of County Counsel.) The "conservative" view is that Ball was doing a peachy job, but when [...]
