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The Little River Logging Fiasco

A couple of weeks back I went on a walk with some of the people who are opposed to the proposed logging plan on Mendocino County's Little River Airport property. I have mixed feelings about…

Off the Record (Sep 3, 2014)

WE OFTEN HEAR of furriners other than Mexican nationals growing dope deep in the hills of Mendocino and Humboldt counties. These furriners are often accurately identified as Bulgarians, and how exciting for our tiny, outback population to be so globally villaged! Bulgarians! There was a nest of Bulgos in Covelo that was busted up by Mendo’s famous lawman, Peter Hoyle, a few years ago, around the same time a multi-national trimmer crew — Italians, Swedes, Spaniards, Japanese, and Chinese — was discovered near Laytonville. They were all young and seemingly recruited out of a Bay Area youth hostel. The Italian consul even dispatched a couple of lawyers to defend the Italians against the rubes in the County Courthouse. And just the other day a couple of girls, one a Brit, the other an Argentinean, both of them looking awfully upscale by outback dope standards, were arrested on dope-related charges in Willits.

Bird’s Eye View (Sep 3, 2014)

So that was it. With the Labor Day weekend over, summer has officially been and gone, although the desperately needed rainfall is still some way off, assuming we get some!? The holiday weekend saw the usual influx of tourists, many of whom were polite and respectful, but some found the need to treat our roads like racetracks and I saw several instances of their “footprints” in the form of the above average amount of road kill.

Smooth Chamber Music Washed Down With Groovy Chardonnay

(Or is it the other way around?) Crossover Hit Quartet San Francisco to Play at Parducci, Sep 6 UKIAH, CA—August 29, 2014—Saturday, September 6, Parducci Wine Cellars welcomes Quartet San Francisco to the Acoustic Café…

Crossover Hit Quartet

UKIAH, CA—August 29, 2014—Saturday, September 6, Parducci Wine Cellars welcomesQuartet San Francisco to the Acoustic Café stage. Non-traditional in their delivery, Quartet SanFrancisco redefines the sound of chamber music. “When the music says swing, we…

Sixth Annual Ukiah Valley Artists Studio Tour

September 27th & 28th If you have never been to the Ukiah Artists Studio Tour now is a good time to make plans for this free event! Mark your calendar for the last weekend in…

Drought Compounds Water Disputes

Everyone in Mendocino County has heard the old adage, “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over,” and with the ongoing drought the old adage has rung truer than ever. Recently much attention…

Valley Trails: What Is Feasible?

When is it reasonable to spend precious moneys to confirm the obvious? Phillip Dow, the head of the Mendocino Council of Governments (MCOG), insists that any initiative, such as the Valley Trails Initiative, must put…

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