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The Reign Of King David

It seems the District Attorney tried to pull a fast one on a kid who had been locked up since he was 14, and now, seven years later, at 21, the kid was fresh out.

Fracking On The North Coast

Across geologic time, rainwater sculpts the land into cradlelike entities that comprise a watershed. For the vast majority of inland Mendocino County, the basin that collects the water that the land first cradles is the…

Very Little Of Substance…

What started out as a figurative lynching of KZYX board member John Sakowicz by the remainder of the nine member panel fizzled into something like a public spanking for Sakowicz, who has dared to question the powers that be (General Manager John Coate and Program Director Mary Aigner) not only at board meetings but in a letter to the FCC.

Off The Record (Mar 12, 2014)

ECO-DOPIA, GROUND ZERO, was hit on Tuesday (March 4th) by a multi-agency drug task force. “Love In It Cooperative,” an out-front marijuana collective overseen by a well-known Albion woman named Sherry Glaser, suffered the seizure of “marijuana, marijuana food items, scales, a money counter, narcotic sales records, five firearms including an assault weapon, items used to manufacture a controlled substance (honey oil via butane extraction method), approximately $65,000.00 in US Currency, approximately 800 growing marijuana plants and other evidence related to the sales of marijuana.”

Time to Change Lake Mendo Rules

What's being called California's worst drought in decades has spurred a bill that could compel the US Army Corps of Engineers to rethink the way it runs the Coyote Valley Dam, and how much water…

The 2014 Variety Show

I went to the 2014 Anderson Valley Variety Show at the Philo Grange on Friday night and then again on Saturday. As always, the pre-show parade of local glitterati showing off their star power as…

State Of The AV Farm Report

California is parched. The state’s worst drought in decades has left its reservoirs half-naked, if not skeletal. Officials say 17 communities could run out of drinking water this summer; some are considering mandatory rationing; and 500,000 acres in the state may be left fallow.

GIRL SCOUTS TO HOST 5TH ANNUAL CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE DINNER

Saturday March 15 from 5-8pm at the Veteran's Memorial Building inUkiah. Tickets are $10 per adult and $5 per child, with a slight price increase at the door, and are on sale at Mendocino Book…

SMART PLANTS & BEAUTIFUL BIRDS:

Wildlife Film Fest double feature features extraordinary new research and photography. The International Wildlife Film Festival's Post-Festival Tour continues this Friday, March 14 at 7 pm at the Ukiah Civic Center with two films, "Birds…

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