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Posts published by “Justine Frederiksen”

Petrov: The Man Who Lived In Hendy Woods

When Laura Hopper was a kid, her mother had a friend who lived in a tree. “And I thought he was the coolest thing ever,” Hopper said of the man who lived in the woods…

The Two Forests of Van Damme 

There are trees found only on the coast of Mendocino County. And if that weren’t cool enough, there’s a whole forest of them that can only be reached by a wooden walkway tucked into a…

Local Grains Turned Into Craft Whiskey

In 2017, Doug Mosel was harvesting rows of rye he planted just south of Ukiah. Nearly five years later, that locally grown grain is now in a bottle of locally produced whiskey. “He’d been bugging…

‘Things Are Already Dry & Burning’

Ukiah Valley residents have been advised to be ‘very careful’ when burning excess vegetation. An escaped burn pile Monday morning showed just how dry much of the vegetation is in the Ukiah Valley, where local…

To Get School Lunches, I Washed the Other Kids’ Trays

My mother didn’t allow television or sugar in our home, so other kids’ houses were magical places with Saturday morning cartoons and Skippy peanut butter. I still remember the kitchen where I had my first…

‘Patriots’ at Dr. Coren’s House

The group calling itself the Mendocino Patriots protested Mendocino County’s Covid-19 health orders, which include keeping a mask mandate in place for at least another month, by gathering outside the Public Health Officer’s home Sunday…

PG&E Says Potter Valley Hydroelectric Plant May Be Offline For Years

Water diversions from Eel River to Russian River remain substantially reduced The Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced this week that while it plans to restore the hydroelectric plant in Mendocino County called the Potter…

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