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Mendocino County Today: Friday, Jan 29, 2016

Flood Watch;
Sunrise;
Chouteau Apology;
Shelter Suspensions;
1978 Mystery;
1986 Tragedy;
Oscar Movies;
Warrior Basketball;
Homelessness;
Heid Wanted;
Curious Conundrum;
Who's Drunker;
Michael Kennedy;
America's Descent;
Political Sideshow;
NYer Cover;
Yesterday's Catch;
Press Freedom;
Virus Crisis;
Southern's Writing;
Ukiah Artwalk

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Jan 28, 2016

Parole Hearings;
Generator Search;
Ross Sentenced;
Schooners Landing;
Billion-dollar Fires;
Sage Defense;
County Pensions;
ObamaCare;
Mister Frick;
The Oscars;
Shelter Sabotage;
Little Mikey;
Global Warming;
Yesterday's Catch;
Gas Leak;
F&G Grants;
Justice Rising;
Haiku Contest;
Gardening Workshops;
Tantra Workshops;
Wildlife Films

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016

Another CPS Lawsuit;
Privatization Costly;
Supes Marijuana Meeting;
Regressive Taxation;
Fort Bragg Virtues;
Bernie Over Hil;
Yesterday's Catch;
KZYX Meeting Notes;
Hot Tub Stehr

Mendocino County’s Retirement Fund Fiasco

Early reactions to Tuesday’s joint meeting between the Supes and the Retirement Board left several attendees thinking that although the Board's financial expert Ted Stephens knows his stuff, he has a fundamentally conservative view that…

Valley People (Jan 27, 2016)

OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, we've had only three rain-free days. Put differently, over the past 21 days, 18 were wet. During that stretch Yorkville's season total jumped from 16.7 to 33.9 inches. That means 17.2…

Letters (Jan 27, 2016)

I was dismayed to see what was an obviously biased letter posted online in your "Mendocino County Today" column titled, "Sage Non-Persons Her Critics." Placing it there gives it an air of veracity. In fact, the letter's author has been part of a personal, months-long social media campaign against the Mendocino Animal Care Services shelter, promulgating hurtful, fact-free opinions, and bashing the competence and morality through the use of inflammatory rhetoric.

Off the Record (Jan 27, 2016)

AVA COURT REPORTER BRUCE McEWEN and I had lunch Thursday at the attractive and affordable vegetarian restaurant at the City of 10,000 Buddhas in Talmage, formerly the State Hospital at Talmage. As we toured the…

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