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Booster Confusion

As COVID cases continue to decline in the US, while rising in some other areas in the world, a lot of attention is being placed on COVID vaccine boosters.  Should we be doing a second…

Philo’s Sally Schmitt, Trend-Setting Restaurateur, Dies at 90

Sally Schmitt, who with her husband, Don, opened the French Laundry, the now famous restaurant in the Napa Valley of California, in 1978, and in doing so helped solidify the valley as a food-and-wine destination…

County Notes (March 17, 2022)

What Happened to the Public Safety Advisory Committee? Remember all the hullabaloo in 2020 and 2021 in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and the Ukiah PD's awkward encounter with the naked tweaker in…

‘Things Are Already Dry & Burning’

Ukiah Valley residents have been advised to be ‘very careful’ when burning excess vegetation. An escaped burn pile Monday morning showed just how dry much of the vegetation is in the Ukiah Valley, where local…

Off the Record (March 16, 2022)

IN A LOT OF WAYS, Mendocino County is like Catherine the Great’s Potemkin Villages, fake-front villages erected on her majesty’s path whenever she went on the road, the idea being to assure Her Greatness that…

Healthcare Staffing Shortages Remain a Challenge

On October 4th, I reported on the national shortage of healthcare workers and how this affects us locally.  Six months ago, when I wrote about it, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that there…

Eating Out In Mendocino County

A collection of online comments… [1] I recently ordered food to go from the website. Once I got home I questioned the amount I was charged. The order would have come to $39 plus tax,…

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