Three tragedies were in court last week. The first was Sparrow Browne-Steel who got four years and eight months for the vehicular manslaughter of her cousin and her dearest friend she killed driving drunk out…
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Greetings one and all. Are you are sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. I am taking a break this week so the column will consist of just Public Service Announcements and other brief salutations and…
THE COMBINATION of Governor Brown's realignment and Prop 47 aren't good for any community, but for an outlaw-heavy community like remote Covelo the twin measures are likely to be lethal. Realignment basically dumped a lot…
(Sep 22-24) NAMI Mendocino County (namimendocino.org) presents Families and Addictions. Three Free Educational Forums with co-authors of the book Families and Addictions: How to Stop the Chaos and Restore Family Balance, Patrick L. Brown PhD…
Community Meeting to be held by Department Of Toxic Substances Control on Sept. 10 at the Albion Elementary School about DTSC's initial investigation of the Albion River bridge. We would like the community to come to…
This is just a reminder to anyone who might have intended to sign up. Michael St. John and I are teaching "Citizenship in an Age of Corporate Power.” Class starts this Thursday, Sept 10th, from…
Statistics continue to support the impression created by the grim sequence of mass shootings in this country that such incidents are becoming more common. These are frequently highlighted by the ramshackle system of background checks for gun-buyers. Gun lobbyists and their allies say the answer is for more law-abiding Americans to carry guns in colleges, or shopping malls, or churches. This impulse to self-defense in kind is natural, but surely mistaken. Does keeping guns or carrying them around make people safer? All research suggests it does not. In fact keeping guns at home doubles the risk of a resulting homicide.