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Posts published in “Day: September 2, 2015

Going Dry Fast (Part 1)

Roughly 1,000 rural Sonoma County residents overflowed classrooms and small meeting chambers at five informational sessions convened by the State Water Resources Control Board. It would be hard to exaggerate many attendees' outrage. At one meeting, two men got in a fistfight over whether to be “respectful” to the state and federal officials on hand.

Letters (Sep 2, 2015)

The Mendocino Air Quality Control Board made a terrible mistake on Aug. 28 when it rejected the Friends of Outlet Creek’s appeal of the Air Board’s decision to allow the Grist Creek Aggregates to open an asphalt plant in Longvale  — without at full CEQA review and a new environmental impact report. As a consequence, Grist Creek will now begin to produce hundreds of thousands of tons of asphalt annually — a few feet from Outlet Creek.

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Sep 2, 2015

Laytonville Murderer;
Raskin Booklet;
Starski Fans;
Helping Professionals;
Outlet Creek;
Ukiah Fjord's;
Police Reports;
Yesterday's Catch;
Counselor Bureaucrat;
Extended Crash;
Hermann;
American Downsizing;
Goodnight Irene;
Limiting Pollution;
Cockburn Tree;
Facing Death;
Library Gaming;
Concussion Film;
SMART Train

Boonville’s Fiery Fourth

Juan Alarcon and his wife went to the brewery in Boonville to celebrate the Fourth of July at the beer bar. Mr. Alarcon works at…

Valley People (Sep 2, 2015)

GRAPES aren't the only crop gathered early this year. Outdoor marijuana is also about a month earlier than usual, which probably accounts for the local…

Bird’s Eye View (Sep 2, 2015)

Labor Day weekend is virtually upon us and while it’s not the “Mother of All Holidays” (that is obviously Thanksgiving), it is still a pretty good one as we celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labor Day has its origins in the labor union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest – seems about fair, although personally I continue to question the eight hours for work part.

Off the Record (Sep 2, 2015)

A FORT BRAGG READER WRITES of the late Janice Owings that “she was the best example or could have served as “poster child” for people…

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