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The Greatest Tempest In History

The rolling storm that is Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring thundered through its hundredth anniversary last Wednesday, the 29th of May. I spent most of the day at 39,000 feet, high above global festivities that included…

Paris, Continued

Ask almost anyone, anywhere in the world, about a place they’d like to visit, and chances are “Paris” will come up sooner rather than later. (Full disclosure: Please do not assume that the author of…

Mendocino County Today: June 12, 2013

BYPASS SCAM REVEALED Thursday, June 13, 2013. 7pm. Ukiah United Methodist Church. 270 North Pine Street, Ukiah. T H U R S D A Y - - In Willits, the California Department of Transporta­tion is…

Mendocino County Today: June 11, 2013

COMING FROM the incoherent country of America where town and country have become inseparable, the towns slurbing every which way, Scotland is a revelation. Town is town, country is country, and town ends and country…

Mendocino County Today: June 10, 2013

A DRAMATIC AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED between the Coast Hospital Employees Union and Coast Hospital which is estimated to save the Hospital $1.85 million. The agreement which was approved by almost 90% of the Hospital’s…

Mendocino County Today: June 9, 2013

LATE FRIDAY the Highway Patrol released the name of the young man who stole the car of a Coast volunteer firefighter on Wednesday and then lead a parade of cops and firefighters on an exciting…

Mendocino County Today: June 8, 2013

(CORRECTED ITEM) RAUL MALFAVON, 23, of Ray's Road, Philo, was found dead Thursday morning about 6. Malfavon, an unmarried single man with a girlfriend, is assumed to have hanged himself. ======================================================== IT WAS HOT, DRY,…

Mendocino County Today: June 7, 2013

(CORRECTED ITEM) RAUL MALFAVON, 23, of Ray's Road, Philo, was found dead Thursday morning about 6. Malfavon, an unmarried single man with a girlfriend, is assumed to have hanged himself. ======================================================== UNCONFIRMED, but it seems…

Letters To The Editor

TOTAL REPEAL Editor, Re: Jeff Costello’s April 18 piece, “The Crackpot Files” — Ahh, another appreciator of Thomas Szasz! Yes, he talked to a friend of mine who asked “what should we do about drugs…

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