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Mendocino County Today: August 21/22

OUR SHERIFF ALLMAN was quoted by Glenda Anderson of the PD that he “agrees with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's tough stand on illegal immigration,” a statement the Sheriff indignantly denied Monday afternoon and wasn't exactly…

Off The Record

THE CAUSE OF DEATH on Susan Keegan's death certificate has been changed from “accidental” to “homicide,” meaning that Doctor Peter Keegan better have the criminal defense lawyer he hired soon after his wife's highly improbable…

Valley People

THERE HAVE BEEN a few too many mortality reminders lately, and now Bobbie Hiatt has gone just after the loss of Harold Hulbert. Like Harold, Bobbie was always central to the Anderson Valley, a fixture…

Mendocino County Today: August 20, 2012

A RATHER STARTLING story in Sunday's Press Democrat describes a meeting of rural sheriffs from sparsely populated NorCal counties convened in Ukiah by Mendo Sheriff Tom Allman, the cops being some kind of offshoot of…

Mendocino County Today: August 19, 2012

STAN ANDERSON isn't a bad guy. He was right to be angry that I'd taken liberties with his press releases announcing the County's Republican Central Committee meetings. But he didn't realize I was trying to…

Mendocino County Today: August 18, 2012

I'M WITH KIRK GIBSON. “Players should be suspended for a minimum of a year for their first offense, and repeat offenders should just be banned.” Kirk Gibson was a great ballplayer who never resorted to…

Mendocino County Today: August 17, 2012

AT MONDAY’S MEETING of the Fort Bragg City Council, Mayor Dave Turner honored Ian Chaney for his bravery and actions on August 27th, 2011, when Chaney and the late Jere Melo came under fire from…

Mendocino County Today: August 16, 2012

THE WYE FIRE has burned 8,000 acres in eastern Lake County and adjoining Colusa County. As of Wednesday night, CalFire has pronounced it 70 percent contained. SAN FRANCISCO’S CABRERA SUSPENDED. The Office of the Commissioner…

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