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Posts published by “Malcolm Macdonald”

Standley v. Ketchapaw

Many Mendocino County residents have at least heard of Doc Standley, the fearless lawman of the last decades of the nineteenth century. Some may have…

Doc Standley, A Deer & A Bear Hunt

Jeremiah “Doc” Standley arrived in California at the age of eight in 1853. He walked and rode with his family in a small wagon train…

The Tire Baby of the 1920s

When I was of preschool age in the 1950s my mother's method of discipline when we traveled about in public was to inform me that…

Fong Wan’s Herbs

You never know what you'll run across. While researching other matters I found this item in a March, 1925 publication, with the headline, “Woman Turned…

“Board Certified” & Board Chairs

At a November, 2017, Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH) Board meeting, the Medical Staff Manager made a statement that included the claim that the hospital's…

Ab Regs, Then & Now

By a 4-0 vote in December the California Fish and Game Commission decided to close the 2018 recreational abalone season because of “ongoing environmental conditions…

Mendo Bovines, Now & Then

A couple weeks back the Jersey cow set one of her hind hooves on top of one of my boots while I milked her. A…

Hardin v Coast Hospital

The paperwork detailing the charges in the case of Hardin v. Mendocino Coast District Hospital, Bob Edwards, Wade Sturgeon, and Steve Lund is now public.…

Opaque Administration

Some of you may have used your internet search engine to look for the site called “Transparent California,” where you can find out what the…

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