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Far Out Gallery

Art and art galleries are two wonders of The City, my friends North of the Golden Gate tell me. That's true for me. When Anne…

For the Toy Department…Bill Veeck

(Slightly condensed from an article in the March 1949 American Legion Magazine by Paul Gardner) In mid-summer of 1946 Bill Veeck limped into Cleveland to…

County Notes: Another Finance Free Agenda

You might expect after the Board’s frequent hand-wringing about possible bankruptcy and structural deficits and looming budget shortfalls, ongoing employee negotiations, ongoing computer software problems…

A Pair of Vindictive Indictments

In a sharp escalation of a running political battle between two elected Mendocino County officials, a felony criminal charge of misappropriation of public funds was…

County Auditor Suspended Without Pay

In a stunning move Tuesday, Mendocino County supervisors suspended embattled Auditor Chamise Cubbison without pay although the elected county official has yet to have a…

At The World Petroleum Congress

One of the panel discussions at the 24th World Petroleum Congress in Calgary last week was on “Social Responsibility: Earning a Licence to Operate.” “I…

Real Deal On County’s Fiscal Crisis

Most folks know that for months, I’ve called for the County to stop talking about the County’s fiscal crisis and start doing something, get to…

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