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Mendo Repubs to Meet in Willits

The Mendocino County Republican Central Committee will meet Saturday, May 17, 2014, 10am-Noon at the Willits City Council Chambers, 111 E. Commercial Street, Willits, CA…

Bot Gardens Events Overload!

Success with Vegetable Gardening Date: Saturday, May 17 From: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Rhody’s Garden Café is now open! Open every day from 11:00am to…

The Good News (And Bad)

Jesus Christ has made a rare appearance in the Mendocino County Courthouse. He’d been living a fairly unremarkable life in Ukiah, especially considering who He is, disguised as John Francis Sullivan Jr., until He realized He was the son of God Himself. Well, you say, we're all God's children, aren't we? Yes, but there's only one Jesus, the child God dispatched in a vain attempt to straighten us out.

Bird’s Eye View (May 7, 2014)

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. With space at a premium in the “New AVA,” many columns are…

Raising More Than Kids

When Jay and I met in 1997, we were attending a large urban college in Denver. We were completing Bachelor of Science degrees in Environment Science, a very new program at the time. It was essentially a build your own degree based on a variety of classes in biology, geography, geology, botany, soil science, and hydrology. We had a combined total of 12 years in the program and no real idea of what job we could do with this background—except it did leave us with an idea that we wanted to live a more self-sustainable, lesser impact lifestyle.

Pot Law Chaos Confab

“Chaos” is how Julia Carrera, consultant to a new medical marijuana trade group, described the state of current marijuana laws. At a workshop in Laytonville…

Vote By Mail (Absentee) Ballots Available

Vote By Mail (absentee) Ballots were mailed out to those voters on Monday, May 5, 2014 and will be available in the County Clerk's Office,…

Wildfire Awareness Week

…Declared in California for May 4-10 CAL FIRE Encourages Wildfire Preparedness & Prevention Sacramento — Drought conditions have led to a significant increase in wildfire…

Put The Brakes On Motorcycle Collisions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Fatal collisions involving motorcyclists have been increasing in California over the past few years. In an effort to change this disturbing trend,…

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