5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR Dan Hamburg's wife, Carrie, has died. Mrs. Hamburg had been ill with cancer for some time. An unfailingly kind and friendly person active in a range of liberal causes, she was much…
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ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, in a Herculean weekend move, is now ensconced down the street in the spiffy new street-front structure erected by Aaron Weintraub, complete with an old-timey sign that says "Tindall's Market." Proprietor…
Last week’s column recounted how Fort Bragg police officer Craig Guydan shot a dog on December 21st, the only officer-involved shooting in the coastal town last year. Guydan also drew his gun on a group…
AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, Mendocino County has engaged Fitch Associates (the go-to consultant for emergency medical issues) to explore the feasibility of establishing an Exclusive Operating Area (EOA) for ambulance services in Mendocino County. Fitch did…
SENATOR EVANS SAYS NO BYPASS TO: Michael Dougherty, Director, California Department of Transportation 1120 N Street, Sacramento, CA 94273-0001 Dear Director Dougherty: Caltrans is about to begin the construction phase of a project of great…
IT COULD HAPPEN HERE. According to a story in the on-line newspaper Lake Tahoe News, 14 members of that County’s Grand Jury resigned en masse last month and then the presiding judge disbanded the Grand…
FROM DAVID HELVARG’S new book, “The Golden Shore,” an AVA recommended read: “North of Gualala is Anchor Bay and its beach where rumrunners used to drop their loads during Prohibition. Another half hour up the…
UNION BUSTING WITH BANKRUPTCY On Thursday, March 7, Coast Hospital CEO Wayne Allen issued the following press release. “Mendocino Coast Hospital Files Bankruptcy Motion To Reject Current Union Contract; To Seek Negotiations On A New…
PAINFUL LAYOFFS FOR WILLITS SCHOOLS By Jennifer Poole , Willits Weekly www.facebook.com/WillitsWeekly The Willits school board OKd issuing pink slips for 11.5 teachers at its meeting last night — well, the equivalent in hours of 11.5…