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Mendocino County Today: September 16, 2012

On the Lam for Two Decades; Caught, Deported & Sentenced Skippy Massey, Humboldt Sentinel San Francisco — Lionel Scott Harris — who until 2011 had been a fugitive since he fled during his federal criminal…

Mendocino County Today: September 15, 2012

UNFORTUNATELY FOR EVERYONE but the judges and the sight impaired, the only people in the County who want a new County Courthouse, it seems that the new “facility” has been taken off the Maybe Never…

Mendocino County Today: September 14, 2012

FORT BRAGG POLICE were summoned to a home in the 200 block of North Harold Street at 3:50am last Saturday night (September 8) when a 16-year-old boy reported that a man, soon identified as Daniel Alonso,…

Letters To The Editor

THE METROPOLIS STOPS Editor, Thanks again to Dick Meister for his annual Labor Day reminder that labor has a lot to celebrate. Given the harsh realities of American capitalism, it's a major miracle that labor…

Mendocino County Today: September 13, 2012

DEPUTY COUNTY CEO Kristi Furman today announced the following: "It is with great regret and sorrow that I announce to you that Ana Mahoney passed away yesterday. Many of you may have been aware that…

The Fair

The tradition of a fair goes back to Roman times, when the authorities would declare an intermission of labor and tradesmen from afar sold their wares. In the Middle Ages, fairs were tied to religious…

Mendocino County Today: September 12, 2012

REGIONAL FIRE UPDATE: September 11 Scotts Fire (Cow Mountain east of Ukiah). Morning update: 4,618 acres; 50% contained; 1,625 fire personnel. Fire crews made significant progress overnight in building and holding containment lines. Full containment…

Off The Record

TWO WEEKS AGO, as the North Pass Fire raged northeast of Covelo, CalFire received a frantic call from “a non-English speaking male” who said he was about to be consumed by fast moving flames. The…

Valley People

WHY DOES our soccer team have to forfeit three winning matches at the very beginning of a promising season? Short answer: Because two players were academically ineligible to participate. Long answer: Because two players were…

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