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Letters To The Editor

THE WAR ON DRUGS To the Editor: At a recent Mendocino Board of Supervisors meeting Supervisor Hamburg criticized Operation Full Court Press. Several local officials stated that the “war on drugs has failed” and that…

A Memoir: The Fortunate Son, Part 15

Again to immeasurable delight, baseball was a serious undertaking at Camp Fed. Slow-pitch softball rather than the purist form of hardball, but there was an adequate field with a backstop, a moderate bleacher section and…

Ready To Vote For Mitt Romney?

Start with Obama. Of course he blew it. Whether by artful design or by sheer timidity is immaterial. He blew it. Two days before the United States was officially set to default on its debts…

Off The Record

This Week: Full Court Press, continued; Low Gap, distilled; Squaw Rock, renamed; and much more

Valley People

LUIS ARMANDO PACHECO was 23 when he died in last Wednesday’s collision with a Coast-bound gasoline tanker on 128 near the Mendo-Sonoma County line. $1300 in cash was found on Pacheco’s body. When law enforcement…

Repo Man Cometh

Nothing like having your car repossessed while your mother’s in town for a visit. On a bright sunny morning in June, my life soon became much more complicated in the to and fro department. The…

An Accidental Interview With John Sakowicz

I had to bring a bad alternator over the hill to Ukiah last Thursday. I wasn't sure if it was dead on my first alternator related trip the day before, riding the Mendocino Transit Authority…

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