RUMOR OF THE WEEK: The Coast branch of the CHP maintains a "little red binder" in which the names of habitual drunks are kept. The CHP then visits alcohol vendors asking them not to sell…
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THE DEADLINE for grape growers to submit self-drafted water management plans is February 1st. The State Water Board attempted, three years ago, to bring some control over the grape industry's unregulated, blank draw on the…
PAUL LAMBERT WRITES: "I will repeat my retraction of my previous statements at the beginning of the next Mendo Matters, Thursday, December 4th between 9:00 am and 9:10 am. Mendo Matters is broadcast on KZYX…
THE AFFINITO FAMILY has sold the Cliff House restaurant at the mouth of the Noyo River, Fort Bragg. The property was listed at $1,295,000 and is described as “A full service restaurant opportunity in the…
MARK BISHOP, former County Psychiatric Nurse, writes: “The Mental Health Board is set to meet this week and my guess is Ortner Management Group will send their 'trick ponies' to the show in an attempt…
BEFORE I COMMENCE RAGGING on DA Eyster, I'll say I think he's done a good job, even a brave job considering his break-through pot prosecution policy, which has earned Eyster a lot of threats from…
TUESDAY'S ELECTION saw the lowest turnout in state history, although Mendo's vote was much higher than the state totals — Mendo's vote percentage is perennially higher than the state average. When you consider that less…
CALIFORNIA WILL NO LONGER HAVE A POLICY of segregating prison inmates following a lawsuit that claimed the practice was unconstitutional. In the past, prison officers have locked inmates in cells depending on which races were…