I did not know Jessica Mitford— who was dubbed “the Queen of the Muckrakers”– for long, but I knew her well. In the 1990s, shortly before my biography of Abbie Hoffman was published I decided…
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A decade ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at last summoned the annually assembled Oscar orchestra into the Dolby Theatre to play for the annual awards ceremony in the auditorium where the…
Four candidates vying for the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors District 3 position — Eric Hart, Buffy Wright Bourassa, Clay Romero, and Russell Green — participated in an election forum Thursday, March 26, sponsored by…
"Detention Center" (replacing "prison") is hereby added to our two-words-for one list. To review… There's been a trend in the American language whereby two words are substituted for one. For example, ” Human Resources” has…
A crowd of farmers and ranchers packed the Potter Valley Junior Senior High School Library for a Town Hall meeting with State Assemblymember Chris Rogers. The Potter Valley residents had a lot to say. [Reporter’s…
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to introduce a new noise ordinance aimed at giving law enforcement clearer authority to address loud late-night parties and other disturbances in unincorporated areas. The proposed…
Wil Gonzalez AIFD, owner of W/E Flowers-Ukiah Flower Shop, has exhibited his designs at Bouquets to Art for the past 15 years. What is Bouquets to Art? Every spring, the Fine Arts Museums of San…
California Assembly member Chris Rogers introduced AB 2494 in the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on Monday, March 23. The bill redefines management of state forests to promote biodiversity conservation and fire resilience, while maximizing…
A pair of federal decisions issued over the past year have steadily eroded the legal foundation on which California state and local regulators had hoped to assert authority over Mendocino Railway’s operations at the former…