Bob Lorentzen has died. He is best known in this household for authoring a series of guide books, including The Hikers hip pocket Guide to the Mendocino Coast. That book details over fifty strolls, walks,…
Posts published by “Malcolm Macdonald”
The Mendocino Coast Health Care District (MCHCD) and its board of directors have sunk to new depths of dysfunction. At the February 24th regular board meeting something of a whodunit arose after Board Chair Amy…
At a February 3 zoom forum, Jason Wells, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adventist Health (AH) for Mendocino County and current leader of the AH Community Board for the coast, made it clear…
The words of John Redding, a member of the Mendocino Coast Health Care District (MCHCD) Board of Directors for the last three years (plus): April 2020: “Lately, there have been a number of things that…
Splitting kindling under a dwindling sun Leaves on the ground beneath the trees Delicious–golden and red Leaves damp brown Redwood and fir snags Spires on the southern sky Line after line reminds me of you…
Regular readers will have noticed my return to the problematic topic that is the Mendocino Coast Health Care District (MCHCD) in this new year of 2022. Prior to that I hadn't put finger to keyboard…
In the span of a few days in January, a member of the Mendocino Coast Health Care District (MCHCD) Board of Directors appears to have violated the Brown Act, released confidential personnel material, and schemed…
Think it is time for some clarification. I have seen this posted on Facebook and heard it so many times I started to believe it myself, that being that the election for the Board of…
Recently we delved into the crossroads Mendocino Coast residents are in about the future of healthcare here in this relatively remote portion of Northern California. The coast hospital in Fort Bragg has been called Adventist…