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County Notes: Mendo’s Backward Mental Health System

There’s a common misimpression out there in our crumbling world that the mental health 911 calls that cops are responding to are criminal or otherwise violent or dangerous. Mostly, that’s not true. In fact, the…

Off the Record (December 29, 2021)

JIM PAGE NOTES:  “About the Ukiah Co-Op incident — here’s a cell phone video that’s pretty interesting to watch. You can clearly hear an employee say that the store protocols are posted and that “If…

Covelo Power Outage

On the Covelo power outage, Supervisor Haschak reports Tuesday morning:  This came to me from PG&E this morning. “You will see generators just outside the substation tomorrow, with the goal of the generators restoring power…

The Skunk’s Big Plans

An Interview with Robert Pinoli: When Mendocino Railways announced in October that it had bought the remaining land on the Fort Bragg millsite and along the banks of the Pudding Creek estuary for about $1.2…

Heavy Mountain Snow Expected During the Christmas Holiday

A series of cold upper level storm systems will aid in lowering snow levels to as low as 2000 feet by Saturday afternoon, and then occasionally sea level Saturday night through Monday morning. Periods of…

Sherwood Oaks on the Brink

Sherwood Oaks Health Center, the only convalescent hospital on the Mendocino Coast, could be shut down in a matter of weeks unless state health authorities send emergency nursing staff, Dr. William Miller told a meeting…

Eminent Domain: Not Just for Playground Trains

The owners of the Skunk train using eminent domain powers may have opened eyes around the Mendocino Coast in ways heretofore unimagined. Let's review the power that allowed the Skunk, aka Mendocino Railway, to acquire…

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