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The Grange Fire

A series of fires broke out Thursday afternoon near the Anderson Valley Grange. Burning on both sides of Highway 128, the blaze, reported at 3:30pm, spread rapidly into the hills near Prather Camp to the west, Vista…

Reggae On The River Returns

It’s Reggae Week again (August 2nd to 4th at County Line Ranch), which used to be like our national holiday around here, the annual celebration when hippies, growers, and all the rest of us back-to-the-landers…

Mental Health & County Finances

In the past couple of weeks I’ve written columns dealing with the county’s (and the state’s) 50 years of failed mental health practices, programs, and policies. I’ve also shared with you my opinions and analysis…

Great Redwood Trail Ad Airs On NBC

California taxpayers probably paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a slick half-hour ad on NBC Bay Area Sunday night. It was quite the propaganda coup, although we doubt many people actually watch “OpenRoads with…

Is The New Mental Health Contract Rigged?

During the first year of his first term, Supervisor Ted Williams correctly pointed that Mental Health Services in Mendocino County should be competitively bid, not handed over to the Schraeders Anchor Health Management (aka Redwood…

Hymn From Hell: Greenwood Burns For Trump

The country singer Lee Greenwood was born three weeks before Joe Biden. A self-styled evangelical Christian Republican, Greenwood is a wiry octogenarian, well-spoken and exuding a fiery intelligence. At 81, he pursues a performing schedule…

County Notes: Another Big Insult From The Supervisors

In your face, Board critics: Supervisors to raise their own salaries again. From $96k per year to $111k per year! Almost 12% over an already very high salary. Item 4c on next Tuesday’s Board Agenda:…

Criminal Trial Of Auditor/Payroll Manager Stalls Over Emails

District Attorney David Eyster’s high profile criminal prosecution of the elected Auditor of Mendocino County ground to a halt Tuesday, its outcome hinging on another hearing next week focused on thousands of disputed internal emails…

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