The Mendocino Coast is facing a crossroads decision about healthcare. That decision will be greatly impacted by fiscal realities and the input of people who read articles like this and let their opinions be known…
Posts published by “Malcolm Macdonald”
By and large, Americans have short memories. Few citizens could tell you why anyone should “Remember the Maine,” a propaganda-filled phrase that played out in Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers to lead the country into war.…
The owners of the Skunk train using eminent domain powers may have opened eyes around the Mendocino Coast in ways heretofore unimagined. Let's review the power that allowed the Skunk, aka Mendocino Railway, to acquire…
Last time we briefly touched on the wanton murders of Native Americans in the early days of Mendocino County, with no punishment rendered. In a tidbit of historical irony, from the time Mendocino became a…
In 1859 Mendocino split off from Sonoma, forming a county of its own. In the first year of its existence marauding militias, like the one led by Walter Jarboe, murdered hundreds of Native Americans in…
One hundred years ago you could get on the California Western Railroad in Fort Bragg at 8:15 in the morning and ride the train to Eureka and arrive at 7:30 p.m. Two different trains provided…
At the October 26 Mendocino County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, the consent calendar contained an item to approve an extension of a contract with NaphCare in the amount of $3,484,847.76. How does almost three…
Drug related murders come and go with frequency in Mendocino County. However, never was the term so true as in February, 1944. The scene: Noon hour of a winter's day at the old Philbrick property…
On Thursday, October 28th the City of Fort Bragg filed a lawsuit against Mendocino Railway and ten John Does. Mendocino Railway is the company name for what most folks call the Skunk Train. Attorneys for…