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Mendocino County Today: November 20, 2013

THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, meeting in Newport Beach last week, denied the appeal of the Ten Mile Dunes project sponsored by State Parks. The project,…

Aht & Cultcha

I was curious to see this creation that someone, osten­sibly a human being, paid 142 million dollars for, and when I found the image online and made the triptych large and clear on my computer screen, I was surprised by how unremarkable I found this work to be. I’m sure there are academics and art experts galore who can bab­ble at length about why “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” painted by Francis Bacon in 1969 is of great importance in the history and evolution of modern art, but to my eyes this is yet another case of the emperor’s new clothes, as opposed to innovative, revolutionary, or masterful art.

50 Years

I was on my way to eighth grade math class, in the makeshift middle school in Dixon, in Solano County (four years after my family…

Mendocino County Today: November 19, 2013

DYNAMITE DAY AT THE HULBERT RANCH  
Vincent was cleaning out the garage where he found two boxes and was packing these onto his pickup when he read the printing on the box.

Mendocino County Today: November 18, 2013

PANTHERS WIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP!  The postseason for the High School Boys’ soccer team began in earnest last Wednesday (November 13) with a home match in the quarter-finals against Geyserville, a team the Panthers had beaten twice in the regular season.

Mendocino County Today: November 17, 2013

DAISY COCKBURN & JEFFREY ST. CLAIR CELEBRATE ALEXANDER COCKBURN AND A COLOSSAL WRECK at City Lights Books Come celebrate Alexander Cockburn and A Colossal Wreck…

Mendocino County Today: November 16, 2013

BOONVILLE! MENDOCINO COUNTY'S MOST HAPPENING COMMUNITY! Saturday - Boonville Winter Market - in front of Boonville General Store - 11:00-1:00 - rain or shine •…

Mendocino County Today: November 15, 2013

RICHARD PETERSEN Richard James Petersen, 71, of Ukiah, California died on September 23, 2013, of pancreatic cancer. A memorial will be held on Saturday, November…

Off The Record

IT'S THE THIRD anniversary of Susan Keegan's murder. Her husband, Dr. Peter Keegan, says his wife of 30 years died, drunk and stoned, in a…

Mendocino County Today: November 14, 2013

NOTHING BUT CLEAR, DRY WEATHER in the foreseeable forecast for northern California. According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency, the West Coast stands to…

Valley People

THIS SEASON'S FIRST home invasion occurred last Tuesday morning, November 5th, between 3 and 4am when four masked Mexican males, estimated ages 20-40, armed with…

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