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Broadband Bill Needs Support

As everyone knows, legislation passed in Sacramento affects broadband in our rural counties. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has a program called the "California Advanced Services Fund” (or CASF) grant program to help fund infrastructure build out in high cost areas such as rural counties.

Writers Conference

Registration begins Tuesday, March 15 for the 27th Annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference held August 4-7 at the Mendocino College - Mendocino Coast Campus in Fort Bragg. The Mendocino Coast Writers Conference (MCWC) features award-winning…

Bee Walk & Talk

Native Bee Educational Talk & Interpretive Walk Anderson Valley Land Trust (AVLT) is hosting a two part series about native bees featuring Sara Leon Guererro, from the Urban Bee Lab at UC Berkeley. The first…

Piano Concert

Fort Bragg Center for the Arts will present internationally acclaimed pianist  Tanya Gabrielian on Sunday, March 6, in Preston Hall, Mendocino at 3 PM. She will perform works by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and Sarasate.…

Logging Conference

[Mar 17-19] The Redwood Region Logging Conference’s board of directors is completing the preparations for the 78th annual Conference to be held at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds in Ukiah, March 17 through 19. The three-day event focuses…

Sonoma Supes Drunk On Wine Money

Last spring, Sonoma County supervisors Efren Carrillo, James Gore, and Susan Gorin traveled to Sacramento to meet with some of California's highest-ranking regulatory officials: California Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross, Secretary of Fish…

Bird’s Eye View (Feb 17, 2016)

With Erica Lemons’ departure, the School Board is once again a member short. Three new members joined long-time trustee Richard ‘Dick’ Browning just a couple of months ago, and the new appointee will be nominated and selected by these four folks, who will hopefully have more than one applicant to choose from. So far, just Robert Pinoli Jr, who failed to get selected in the recent round of appointments, has applied. Robert is a pleasant, approachable, and intelligent man, who in normal circumstances would probably be an asset. However, he is the son of Robert Sr, the High School Athletic Director and current “Dean of Discipline,” a sort-of Vice Principal if you will. Do I hear “That must be a conflict of interest” from anyone? Given that the Board oversees the school’s administration and its duties, I’m sure I do.

A Brief History Of Mendo’s CEO

The Mendocino County Board Of Supervisors, at their December 10, 2013 meeting, will issue the usual insincere proclamation honoring the late Al Beltrami for his “years of dedicated service to the county and his community.”…

Supes Need To Lead, Not Dodge Responsibility

As we focus on the lessons revealed from the Kemper Report on the status of the county’s mental health program, one should not lose sight of one observation about the Board of Supervisors. The report…

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