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They Got Teddy! Drop the Bong!

The news took less time to filter through the crowd of over 500 than the spark from a spliff filled with Bell Springs Blue Dream picked up by the cool afternoon breezes that meander through…

Farm To Farm

The hay harvest this season was too late and frantic thanks to the abundant rains. It caught me with my pants down, as they say. When I finally had a field raked and ready to…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Efren Mendoza

I met with Efren at his home in downtown Philo, the house alongside the beautiful roses that he grows, oppo­site the post office. As we sat in his lovely back yard and began our conversation,…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably I shall begin. Let’s get straight on to the Public Service Announcements and that way if you don’t want to read all the other stuff you…

New Pot Rules Create More Confusion

Mendocino County is taking another step towards legitimizing medical marijuana with new regulations for collectives. But federal law is getting in the way. Medi­cal marijuana collectives can grow up to 99 plants per five-acre parcel…

The Deal’s Off

It took the Supes no time at all to give a 15-year county-wide garbage contract to Solid Waste of Willits, a private business owned by an enterprising fellow named Jerry Ward.

A Couple of Real Doozies

Even by Trustafarian standards, Bess and James Sanderson had been living well in a $3 million dollar oceanview home near Mendocino but also drawing food stamps and other welfare benefits.

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