Andrew Leittem Thomas, a young friend of mine, has written about the lowered expectations of a generation of some of our best and brightest. It’s a sometimes humorous but largely biting commentary on the times. The economy is stalled, and so are the young people who are tomorrow’s leaders.
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Some Mendocino County folks are gasping about the possibility of the shuttered Valley Oaks food and wine center in Hopland, once known globally for its magnificent organic gardens, becoming an RV park.
I’m upset. Good friends are in trouble, and there’s little I can do but “be there” for them. Damn, don’t you hate that term? I don’t want to “be there” for them, I want to…
Mendocino County’s drug problems are back in the national spotlight, but this time the coverage is favorable thanks to an innovative and potentially money-making computer program targeting teenagers and methamphetamine use.
Look at those Costco executives grinning ear-to-ear. They’ve got the city of Ukiah and Mendocino County engaged in a bidding war for the location of a planned new store in the Ukiah Valley, a winner-take-all…
Former prosecutor David Eyster is jumping into the race for Mendocino County District Attorney, setting the stage for a robust debate over the county’s current zigzag approach to prosecution of marijuana and other criminal cases.…
The state’s nearly $120 million plan to build a new Mendocino County Courthouse is shaping up to be the single biggest investment ever in Ukiah’s downtown. It presents an opportunity to rectify one of the…