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Off The Record (May 7, 2014)

A STORY BY MARGIE BINKER in last week's ICO (Gualala), describes an audit of the City of Point Arena that found “…nine categories” of “material weakness” or a “significant deficiency.” Well, there is an ongoing…

Bird’s Eye View (May 7, 2014)

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. With space at a premium in the “New AVA,” many columns are to be a little shorter for now, even one as…

Raising More Than Kids

When Jay and I met in 1997, we were attending a large urban college in Denver. We were completing Bachelor of Science degrees in Environment Science, a very new program at the time. It was essentially a build your own degree based on a variety of classes in biology, geography, geology, botany, soil science, and hydrology. We had a combined total of 12 years in the program and no real idea of what job we could do with this background—except it did leave us with an idea that we wanted to live a more self-sustainable, lesser impact lifestyle.

Pot Law Chaos Confab

“Chaos” is how Julia Carrera, consultant to a new medical marijuana trade group, described the state of current marijuana laws. At a workshop in Laytonville Saturday on the 2014 growing season, Carrera, an inspector for…

Vote By Mail (Absentee) Ballots Available

Vote By Mail (absentee) Ballots were mailed out to those voters on Monday, May 5, 2014 and will be available in the County Clerk's Office, for the GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY Election to be conducted on JUNE…

Wildfire Awareness Week

…Declared in California for May 4-10 CAL FIRE Encourages Wildfire Preparedness & Prevention Sacramento — Drought conditions have led to a significant increase in wildfire activity and to ensure Californians are ready, Governor Edmund G.…

Put The Brakes On Motorcycle Collisions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Fatal collisions involving motorcyclists have been increasing in California over the past few years. In an effort to change this disturbing trend, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Office of Traffic Safety…

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