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Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Karen Ottoboni

As I drove up the Yorkville Ranch Road to the upper reaches of High Roller country the scenery became increasingly spectacular. At the very top…

Will Reggae Rising Fall?

It’s uncertain whether the debt-ridden Reggae Rising music festival will be held this year but those who are wondering will find out on June 17.…

Lintott Limps to a Run-Off; Moorman Wins

Embattled Mendocino County DA Meredith Lintott was the top vote-getter in Tuesday’s primary, but she faces a tough run-off in the November election with challenger David Eyster and her re-election is far from certain.

Memorial Day, The Sexton’s Tale

I went to see the sexton. The Abbott women at the Senior Center put me up to it — Gloria, her daughter Sharon and daughter-in-law,…

Tom Smith Dies

Tom Smith died late Monday afternoon at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa from the multiple injuries he'd suffered the previous Thursday in a collision on…

Off the Record

This week: Laurel Krause & Kent State, peeing on a San Francisco sidewalk, the Daily Journal gets the numbers on the county's pension system and much more.

Over-The-Horizon Logging

A look at how Mendocino Redwood Company is changing the way company personnel draft Timber Harvest Plans.

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