GOOD FOR ALICE WALKER, the famous novelist and author of The Color Purple and numerous other books. Ms. Walker, a part-time resident of the Anderson…
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“VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to appear in the independent film, Goodbye World,” the ad reads in this week's paper, and we wonder who will respond to the…
I’ve spent the last year schlepping the film from Liverpool to Amsterdam, from Bruges to Istanbul, and from Trivandrum City in India to the glittering emptiness of paparazzi flash bulbs in Cannes. But that’s nothing compared to driving to Point Arena from Boonville on a hot day in June.
Unattended birds usually don't ride the bus, but they got on the 33 that day. Muni's 33 Stanyan line gets you a better look, faster,…
Three days ago I was settling down on the living room sofa for a much-anticipated afternoon nap, when a bird smacked into one of the seven big windows that make our living room feel so light and airy. Alas, this sickening thud usually presages a dead bird or one so stunned that our cat, if he can get outside in time, makes short work of. And so it was with some trepidation that I got up to look out the various windows to see what I could see.
Without music, life would be an error. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900 Music (and other) geeks tend to make “best of” lists, sometimes every year. A…
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to partially "de-Teeter" the Brooktrails Community Services District. The County will no longer pay to Brooktrails the assessments for…
FRUSTRATION TIME. Months ago, we filed FOIA requests with the ATF, the FBI, the Fort Bragg Police Department, and the Mendocino County DA in a…
NEXT WEEKEND, Saturday the 23rd of June, is your chance to explore some of the Mendocino Coast's most beguiling private gardens for the bargain price…
TWO VEGETATION FIRES broke out Thursday in Mendocino County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported. According to CAL FIRE, the first fire…
2011’S SCHOOL RANKINGS ARE OUT. According to the state's Academic Performance Index testing program here's how Mendocino County's schools are doing. “THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INDEX…