There are two sides to the State of Jefferson secessionist movement in its Northern California, Southern Oregon heartland, and the two halves of that coin are diametrically opposed, politically. On the right you have the…
Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”
What about all these poor people in prison for pot, smoking pot? Are there any? Yes, thousands. Why don’t you write about them? Okay, here goes. The first one to go to prison for pot…
Last Wednesday, January 27, John Henry Ross, 66, of Covelo, was bound over for trial on a single count of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Alejandro ‘Alex’ Hernandez, 33, of Ukiah. Alex was…
The fabulous Allison Margolin of Beverly Hills, who bills herself as “LA’s Dopest Defense Attorney” — and bills her clients proportionately — absolutely bombed at the Mendocino County Courthouse last Friday. Ms. Margolin is the…
Alejandro Garcia, 33, was shot dead in a “medical” marijuana garden in Covelo last June 29th. A neighbor, John Henry Ross, 66, has been charged with murder. Garcia had suffered multiple gunshot wounds when officers…
Navigating the pot laws is always exciting and Sara Fraker’s trial last week was even more like a regatta than most. Ms. Fraker claimed she was only house-sitting at the extensive Robinson Creek Road property…
Nobody in the District Attorney’s Office wanted the Arogundade case because they all knew it was bogus. The bad guy got away and left Jamiu Arogundade holding the bag. Literally. But it was a big…
Travis Jesse Maresh was pretty sure he could beat the rap for ripping off the golden doorknobs. The only guy who could place him at the scene was Earl Lansdowne, and Earl had also made…