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Captain At The Mouth

Charles Fletcher, or Captain Fletcher as he was often called, was a sailor who was the first to settle at the mouth of the Navarro…

The House of Usher

The night that word came through that Usher would be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show this year, you had a dream that you were…

Black History For Stoners

Soon after the federal prohibition was imposed by Congress in 1937, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia assigned the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) to study the…

Scalpel’s Out: Coast Hospital Foundation Finances Dip

The Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation says they are “Facing Financial Challenges.” Here’s their press release: The Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation (MCHFoundation) has a history of…

Demolition By Neglect

Heavy winter rains this past week pummeled the historic Palace Hotel, sending storm water gushing into an already severely damaged landmark. A return of back…

County Notes & Stats

Our very, very busy Supervisors have posted an agenda for Tuesday, February 4, 2024 that is so devoid of substance that they may as well…

Chicago’s Legendary Organizer

The Jazz Age novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, once said famously that “There are no second acts in American lives.” Scott changed his mind, at least…

The Day They Burned The Apple Trees

“Why it's positively Vesuvian out there!” exclaimed a nicely dressed forty-ish woman waiting at the counter of Café Glad in Boonville for the decaf latte…

Seabiscuit & Cars

The death of Walter Mondale brings back strong memories of when many other Mendocino County residents and I had a firsthand face-to-face meeting with the…

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