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Who’s In Charge?

It’s now apparent that the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors have their necks fully bowed and have hung closed signs on their minds over the relocation of the Veteran Services Office (VSO).  At Tuesday’s (Jan.…

County Notes: The First District Supes Race

There are four candidates for Mendocino’s First District Supervisor seat being vacated by retiring Supervisor and former UC Ag Extension wine advisor Glenn McGourty: Madeline Cline, Adam Gaska, Carrie Shattuck, and Trevor Mockel. Ms. Cline…

War News

The most misused word in the English language is “we.” “We” have military bases in more than 100 foreign countries. The base in Jordan where last week three US troops were killed and more than…

Palace Hotel’s Final Days?

The days are numbered for the historic Palace Hotel, especially if a pending $6.6 million taxpayer funded financing scheme of a local tribe and its planned partners wins state approval. A grant award is likely…

The Case Against Israel

Finally, something shifts. The ruling by the International Court of Justice is said by public international lawyers to be a game changer. For starters, the vocabulary has been reset. Out with the references to “self-defense,”…

From The Mikuriya File

Moving the file cabinets. Don’t have time to decide which Manila folders are worth keeping so I’m bringing them all. There’s a whole drawer devoted to Tod H. Mikuriya, MD, the Berkeley-based psychiatrist who helped…

The Death Of Sports Illustrated

Growing up, I waited for Thursdays the way the other kids in school yearned for Friday. On Thursdays I knew Sports Illustrated would be waiting for me in the mail. I’d snatch every copy as…

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