One of my big regrets about the Potatomen — yes, I’ve had a few — was that we never finished a song we started back in 1994 or so called “Going To Humboldt.” And when…
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Originally published thirty-five years ago, my first novel has been out-of-print for thirty-two years, and this wholly unexpected revival has inspired in me myriad dreams and memories, some of which I hope to share with whoever shows up to listen.
Our boat was tied up to the commercial dock at Half Moon Bay where I sat on the engine room hatch-cover tying trolling-gear. Looking up from my work I saw a seagull trailing a wing…
SUPERVISOR JOHN PINCHES said Monday that he won't run again for Third District supervisor. “I never considered myself a politician, never mind a career politician. I've been in the job 12 years and that's enough,”…
THE SMOKE drifting into Mendocino County, mostly on Sunday, is assumed to be coming from large-scale fires burning in Butte County and three fires farther north, well north of the Mendocino County line. 5,000 firefighters…
JUDGE CINDEE MAYFIELD has signed off on the home burial of Carrie Hamburg. Mrs. Hamburg, wife of 5th District supervisor Dan Hamburg, died March 8th of this year and, as per her last wishes, was…
MANSON, by Jeff Guinn, is a freshly published biography of America's favorite boogeyman. The author has discovered much that was previously unknown of Manson's family origins, and lots about his needy, mostly pathetic followers. Manson…
JOAN RAINVILLE, 53, the Ukiah woman who, drunk, drove her mother's car through a neighbors' fence and into their backyard party, will indeed face jury trial on a felony charge of assault with a deadly…
FOR US AND US ALONE’ Editor, At June 26, 2013, Point Arena School Board Meeting under Discussion with Action an item to approve Point Arena School's Technology System Analysis and Task Force Implementation Plan was…