DAVE SMITH, the popular and well-known Ukiah raconteur, bookstore owner, and writer, has died. Friends found him dead in his post-op hospital bed Friday morning as he was recovering from seemingly routine hernia surgery. There…
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Griff Griffith, Natural and Cultural Resources Interpreter for Humboldt Redwoods State Park, NCJ-elected “Best Activist of the Year,” is a jolly version of Dr. Seuss’s Lorax. He Speaks for the Trees. As principal host at…
By now most folks are probably aware that at the most recent Board of Supervisors meeting on August 2, Board Chairman Ted Williams made what appeared to be an astonishing statement about the County keeping…
A flurry of pronouncements and pontifications garnered headlines this week but brought little clarity to the true state of the County of Mendocino’s finances. Some critics argued the county’s books are a mess, and that…
If you came in late, like lots of people suddenly interested in the County’s budget mess, you might think that Mendo only recently discovered that it can’t find its assets with two finance departments. Last…
LAST WEEK, a lead story in the Press Democrat featured the pathetic soul pictured at right as a “sexually violent predator” paroled to Boyes Hot Springs. The headline suggested that the 62-year-old would be rampaging…
On Thursday, August 11th, the CDC released a new set of guidelines regarding COVID. These guidelines loosen some of the previous guidelines, especially around isolation and quarantine. The reason is that the severity of the…
FORT BRAGG, CA — No hard data exists to confirm how many homeless people are living in Fort Bragg or Mendocino Village, and accurate counts are impossible to acquire since most homeless do not stay…