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Mendocino County Today: May 12, 2013

KGO TV had a major feature story about the folly of the Willits bypass on their evening news Friday night. Bypass opponents are thrilled by…

Mendocino County Today: May 11, 2013

THE MANHUNT for Shane Miller continued Friday. As of late Friday afternoon there had been no reported sightings of the Shasta County man who shot…

Mendocino County Today: May 10, 2013

DOGGED INVESTIGATIONS by Frank Hartzell of the Fort Bragg Advocate reveal that a mega-bucks Florida man named Jeff Greene has bought and will re-open the…

Public Deal Makers

Editor, Public Defenders are a joke. This letter is for anyone being misrepresented by the Public Defender's office. I say misrepresented for many reasons: They…

Letters To The Editor

BIG BOOK BARGAINS! Editor, The friends of the Willits Library present its Memorial Holiday Book Sale, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 24, 25, 26, from…

Mendocino County Today: May 9, 2013

CONDOR By Will Parrish On the morning of Friday, May 2nd, the newest tree sit in Little Lake Valley arose in an Oregon ash grove…

The Organs Of Houston

Any musician on the road, especially one who plays the organ, frequently confronts the contrast between suburban periphery and urban center—or what’s left of it.…

How Stupid?

“Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.” — William Stafford A recent phone conversation with a friend caused me to…

Mendocino County Today: May 8, 2013

LESS THAN A YEAR after giving their popular and competent CEO Ray Hino the boot for trying to avoid bankruptcy, the Coast Hospital Board is…

Postcard From The End Of America

As every story is a meandering road, each road is also a story, or, more accurately, an infinity of stories. An abandoned trail that leads…

Mendocino County Today: May 7, 2013

WITH THE NEWS that the first major sport professional athlete has come out as gay you probably don't know there's a local angle to pro…

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