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Letters (Jan. 3, 2018)

This alert is for PG&E customers who opted out of "smart" meters.

For those of us who paid to stick with our vintage analog meters, PG&E now sends meter readers out every other month. That's six reads per year. For the other six months, in between reads, PG&E "estimates" usage. Then, the next month, everything sort of gets caught up with the actual read. But there's a catch...

It Could Have Been Worse

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes. Last year, heavy rains pounded down on an already saturated Mendo most of January and February, flooding areas of Hopland, filling Lake Mendocino past its maximum capacity. A year…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018

Sharon Sullivan;
Owens Pleads Guilty;
Rain Coming;
Pot Bust Review;
Bridge Dedication;
Tallman Sarahs;
Ed Desk;
County Bureaucracy;
Little Dog;
The SuperRisers;
Sako Statement;
Yesterday's Catch;
General Shittiness;
Retail Closures;
1820;
Bennett Diary;
MTA Hours;
Reservoir Sunset

Raising Chickens

[Jan 27] Back by popular demand - this workshop will help you take the first steps to having your own backyard farm! Instructor Ben Nicholson's love of raising chickens can be traced back to his…

Valley People (Jan. 3, 2018)

PERIODIC BURSTS of gun fire and firecracker poppings began about 8:30pm New Year’s Eve in Boonville, and continued at random intervals until the first minutes of 2018. Much of explosive merriment seemed confined to South…

Off the Record (Jan. 3, 2018)

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS this Tuesday (2 January) will solidify the huge pay raises they voted to give themselves for their unimpressive, part-time "work" as elected officials. They'll begin the new year at $85.5k, up from $61.2k.…

Mushroom Class

Mushroom Research, Foraging, and Fun – The next two Sundays, January 14 and 21, from 2-4pm at Dragonfly Wellness 17851 N HWY 1 Fort Bragg Across from Steve's Auto Body. Parking around the side. Learn…

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