The State Fair in Sacramento began on July 14th and will run through the 30th. As lovers of any fair we can find, we were excited to go despite the forecast of 107 degrees. Armed…
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Item 4b) on next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors Agenda is described as “Discussion and Possible Action Including Direction to Staff to Develop a Contingency Plan for Creation of Department of Finance Based on Best Practice…
During the city council meeting on July 10, the City approved an employment contract with Police Chief Neil Cervenka, making him the assistant city manager as well as the police chief. This additional role includes…
Last week, I said the state of California needs to abandon the Pandemic-era failed experiment with emptying its jails via “catch-and-release” policies that allow crooks and criminal misfits to avoid incarceration. Some of these new…
(The late professor John ‘Joe’ B. Neilands, his wife Juanita who retired and lived in Philo for years, and their son Tor were good friends over the years. Neilands was at the top of the…
It might come as a surprise to some readers of this space that there were a couple of genuine, if minor, bright spots in Tuesday’s Board of Supervisor meeting. First, with the appraiser staff now…
In a stunning turn of events, city-supported plans of an investor to transform the historic Palace Hotel into a commercial anchor for downtown Ukiah have collapsed. Jitu Ishwar, the current owner of the derelict hotel…
I. Unceded Ohlone Land If you’ve attended a recent public event at a library in San Francisco you’ve probably heard someone on stage tell the audience, “You are on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land.” Last year,…
When I read that the New York Times was disbanding its sport department, I gulped. One more nail in the coffin of conventional news media. So long newspapers. Hello web. Hard to believe the world…