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Posts published by “McEwen Bruce”

Billy the Kid

When you want to find out about what’s going on at the jail, go to the Sheriff. He’ll gladly give you a tour. But, as my friend Franz says, “after the Den Mothers and Cub…

Out With a Whimper & In With a Bang

The year ended at the Ukiah courthouse Thursday with the Honorable Leonard LaCasse striding out the door with his robe folded over his arm, his years as a strictly Mendocino County judge completed. Of course,…

The Case of the Ford Focus

Before the child molester put his victim and her mother out of his house, the mother of the victim said they wouldn’t press charges against him if he’d give them a car, a cheap old…

McDowell Off The Hook

The lawsuit against McDowell Valley Vineyards has failed. It was brought by Nick Fross, the college football prodigy who was stabbed and, he says, permanently disabled at a party on the Hopland property in 2006.…

Blood in the Vineyards

William Crawford is the target of a personal injury lawsuit brought by Nicolas 'Nick' Fross. Crawford owns McDowell Valley Vineyards in Hopland. Fross, a former lineman for Mendocino College, was stabbed in the chest at…

The 1368

The kids were sitting next to their mother in the gal­lery when daddy shuffled in chained to some other pris­oners and the guard seated them in the dock. The little girl squealed, “Look Mum —…

Treasure Hunt

When hand-held global positioning systems were first released to the general public, nobody but sailors knew quite what to do with the amazing new appliances. Sailors used them to find their exact positions at sea,…

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