MUCH OF CALIFORNIA'S NORTH COAST went quiet yesterday, in terms of internet and cell service, due to a fiber optic cable being cut along the 101 corridor. Early reports indicated the cut was near Hopland and…
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When some years ago I read a piece by Ernest Hemingway called Now I Lay Me, I thought there was nothing further to be said about insomnia. I see now that that was because I had never had much; it appears that every man’s insomnia is as different from his neighbor’s as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.
I have been in the county almost 20 years now. It has probably been the most challenging 20 years of my life. It's been very difficult at times and really tested every character trait and every emotion that I could probably come up with and more — being in this county and coming into contact with the people who live here.
Elk Fire;
Woodhouse Memo;
Barton Guilty;
Proud Granddaughter;
Train Enthusiasm;
School Food;
FB Police PR;
Warrant Wednesday;
Yesterday's Catch;
El Nino;
Glass Beach;
128 Closures;
Insurance-less;
Secret Service;
Doomstead;
Big Snake;
Climate Conference;
Olive Tree;
Net Metering;
Wine Industry;
Going Medieval
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.
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
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 influx of young people to work as pot trimmers. I…
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 who are unable or unwilling to care for themselves. Her…