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Mendocino County Today: February 22, 2013

JEFF COSTELLO WRITES: Got my last issue here in Portland on Wednesday, as the next issue was being distributed in Mendo. Sometimes it gets here early as Saturday, but not often. Monday is the usual…

Letters To The Editor

STOP FISH POACHING! Editor, Illegal poaching on the Garcia River / Feds asleep at the wheel. I’d like to share with you a heartbreaking story of federal inaction and mismanagement in the hope that you…

Mendocino County Today: February 21, 2013

SNOW ON THE HILLS Tuesday afternoon broke up the blandly balmy previous two weeks of summer-like days. At the higher elevations Hull Mountain to the east and the Yolly Bollys, snow could be measured by…

A Plea For Justice At Kent State

Was It about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters? On February 9, 2013, the Kent State Truth Tribunal and Allison Krause’s family submitted a list of issues to be considered by the United Nations, including…

Diary Of A Numb 49er Fan

It’s Friday afternoon. An unseasonal sun bakes the city with a gratifying if alarming tropical malaise. Tiny birds sing in the trees. There’s a case of frozen corn dogs in the freezer and half a…

Mendocino County Today: February 19/20

CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE LYNN WOOLSEY and Senator Barbara Boxer have long been champions of expanding the Cordell Banks and Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuaries as a way to protect the coast from oil and gas…

Continental Drift

In the fall of 1970, my family — version 3.0 — was winging its way to Europe. To explain the “upgrade,” which it was in no wise at all, I'll take a stab at revisiting…

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