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Valley People

DISASTERS large and small, Tuesday, the largest being a vegetation fire on Guntley Road, Navarro, which would place the blaze on the Holmes Ranch. First reports reached us at 1:30pm. “Send everything you have,” an…

Mendocino County Today: November 6, 2013

THE MAMMOTH CASINO at Rohnert Park opened Tuesday. A joyous mob massed outside ran through the opening day doors to sit at 3,000 slot and video poker machines, blackjack tables and a variety of card…

North Of The Golden Gate

Dave Helvarg is the author of a number of books, the most recent The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea, a fascinating account of Helvarg's travels from one end of California's coast to…

Letters To The Editor

There are movies I don’t like and there are movies I hate. I hated Gravity.

Mendocino County Today: November 5, 2013

WHERE'S GOLDILOCKS? Ms. Jacqueline Audet was last seen in June of this year when she and her road dog (traveling companion), Donald Jordan were arrested for drunk in public. Jordan is twice Ms. Audet's age…

Mendocino County Today: November 4, 2013

ON OCTOBER 12, 2013, KZYX GENERAL MANGER JOHN COATE wrote on his KZYX.org blog that when (if?) the Open Lines program comes back, “maybe we should rename the show ‘How Do You Know?’ so that…

Mendocino County Today: November 3, 2013

FORTUNA POLICE arrested a marijuana guy driving a Toyota and pulling a trailer on Halloween. The stop inspired the following exchange on Lost Coast Outpost: “Anybody driving a Toyota truck that is towing is a…

Mendocino County Today: November 2, 2013

A DEAD MAN was found in the trash Thursday morning at the transfer station on Taylor Drive, South Ukiah. According to Captain Greg Van Patten of the Sheriff's Department, the man died from a 40-foot…

Mendocino County Today: November 1, 2013

THE PHOTOGRAPH by Steve Ebarhard of Will Parrish being arrested at the Willits bypass protest last month (which accompanies Bruce McEwen’s excellent coverage of Parrish’s court case) is a very good example of what news…

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