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Letters To The Editor

SAVE TEN-MILE COURT Dear Editor: I would like to inform ALL the Mendocino Coast citizens to the fact, that a few people have set in…

Mendocino County Today: November 22, 2012

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT is like reading the daily diaries of amnesiacs. Chris Smith's column on the Bari "mystery" in Wednesday’s paper is typical. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20121121/NEWS/121129898 It's…

River Views

Autumn turns toward winter and Thanksgiving is upon us. At this time of year the old timers of this area, the Pomo, gathered acorns, storing…

Road Notes: North For The Winter Redux

Early morning, a donut shop in Ukiah. I half-stumble from my room at Motel 6, hoping a large coffee will set my internal latitude and…

From East Germany To The Electoral College

The American electoral system is a difficult thing to explain to Europeans with a long tradition of proportional representation. My first two-year stretch spent living…

What’s New?

“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” — Grant Frazier A recent San Francisco 49ers game ended in a tie with the St. Louis Rams, the first professional…

Mendocino County Today: November 21, 2012

BONES ROADHOUSE in Gualala is the South Coast's most popular restaurant. Bones has been the South Coast's most popular restaurant for a long time. Its…

Off The Record

BONES ROADHOUSE in Gualala is the South Coast's most popular restaurant. Bones has been the South Coast's most popular restaurant for a long time. Its…

Valley People

THE ALARMING NEWS that we could lose our Boonville-based County Fair has us all thinking about strategies to make up the lost state subsidy, an…

Exodus

Jim Jones's most ardent supporter in San Francisco press circles was Steve Gavin, the San Francisco Chronicle's city editor. A Baltimore native, he joined the…

Mendocino County Today: November 20, 2012

BONES ROADHOUSE employees are reeling after their beloved, fabulous, authentic, iconic, local money-generating bar-b-que restaurant was closed twice this weekend under a “keeper's levy” through…

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