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Take A Free Ride On The Smart Train

As of April 1st 2024 the Smart Train (Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit) that runs from near the Santa Rosa Airport in Sonoma County to near the Larkspur Landing Ferry in Marin County is offering…

Ukiah City Manager Cuts Off Palace Hotel Discussion

City Manager Sage Sangiacomo cut off public discussion at a City Council meeting on Wednesday night about a highly anticipated permit application that will determine the fate of the downtown landmark Palace Hotel. The application,…

Cops On Campus Are The Real Outside Agitators

Nothing agitates a campus as dramatically as the arrival of the cops. Indeed, the cops have been the only real outside agitators on campuses across the country this Spring. They have brought upheaval and disorder…

Expanding Behavioral Health Care

Recent changes to California state law are allowing community health centers to expand behavioral health care so we can meet the growing demand for services. Behavioral Health is an umbrella term that includes mental health…

County Notes: Follow The Bouncing Budget Ball

We didn’t really expect the Supervisors to address the many inconsistencies and incongruencies in Tuesday’s budget presentation that we previously outlined, that would be unheard of from this Board. But at least they touched on…

Mendocino (Eat Your Heart Out, Visit Mendocino)

Mendocino and a dose of scenic/sensational Highway I were not on my agenda. Boonville was, and maybe a stay at their hotel or straight/curving out to the coast for one night above the Nordic ocean. …

Under UCLA’s Jumbotron

On April 25, a large group of students at the University of California, Los Angeles, set up an encampment on the main quadrangle of their campus. Flanked on all sides by plywood barricades, the Palestine…

‘The Children’ (A post-production commentary)

Author — Lucy Kirkwood, Director — Ann Woodhead Produced by Mendocino Theater Company Cast —  HAZEL - Pamela W. Allen;  ROSE - Torri Truss;  ROBIN - Charlie Herman  A great wave rose up covering all…

Conducting The Public’s Business In Public

Someone who evidently doesn’t appreciate and understand how important it is to conduct the public’s business in front of the public, is Supervisor Maureen Mulheren, who serves as the Board’s Chair this year. Twice during…

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