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Milovina Fined

According to a wine-grower profile by Congressman Huffman’s (formerly Congressman Thompson’s) aide Heidi Cusick Dickerson back in 2010, Milovina Vineyards grows several varieties of grapes at their “manicured fish friendly farmed vineyards” outside of Hopland.…

A Girl, A Hunting Party & Jack Daniels

Sex crimes are about as ugly as it gets in a courtroom, and for the next few weeks that’s what it’s going to be in the Mendocino County Courthouse — ugly — with three sex cases stacked up, back to back.

What’s Next For Caltrans & The Willits Bypass?

On May 7th, Caltrans goes hat-in-hand to the California Transportation Commission (CTC), which allocates funding for California transportation infrastructure projects, to request $30.986 million for the wetlands and riparian areas “mitigation” plans that I describe…

Mendocino County Today: April 28, 2013

THE FOLLOWING have been described by CareerCast as the worst jobs, with newspaper reporter being the absolute worst job. CareerCast does not elaborate other than to state that reporters make an average of $36,000 a…

Critical Care For Ambulances?

The Anderson Valley Ambulance Service is a local, non-profit service staffed by volunteer EMTs, providing medical transport to Valley residents for the past 50 years or so. Initially, transport was by a Pontiac station wagon,…

Obamacare Baffles Mendo

On Monday, April 8, the Mendocino Board of Supervisors listened to two and a half excruciating hours of impenetrable insurance jargon. If you're inclined to rhetorical self-abuse you'll be ecstatic at “exchange reinsurance program fees,”…

The Rambo Cocktail

Evan Morris was sentenced last week for a crime spree that ended last fall at the Forest Club bar in downtown Ukiah. Morris was already on probation for domestic abuse and driving under the influence,…

River Views

Mendocino Redwood Company remains chained to the practices of its predecessor-in-interest, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, 15 years after purchasing more than 200,000 acres of Mendocino County timberland from L-P. At its inception, Mendocino Redwood Company continued to…

Mendocino County Today: April 23, 2013

ACCORDING TO the District Attorney’s statistics, 21 people have been sentenced to serve their prison time in the local jail under “realignment” some for multiple offenses. The 21 include people convicted are for grand theft,…

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