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SSI Update

I was doing some research to gather information to assist a few people who wanted to apply for SSI, or had friends they were helping to apply. I came up with a lot of info…

A County Noise Ordinance?

According to Monica Huettl’s Latest report on the Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Committee meeting at MendoFever.com, First District Supervisor Glenn McGourty said “he is busy despite the fact that the BOS does not meet in…

New Renderings of Mendo’s $150 Million Courthouse Monstrosity

Nine more renderings of the planned $150 million Mendocino County Courthouse in Ukiah have been publicly posted by the state Judicial Council of California, which is overseeing the controversial project. A rendering of the front…

Oncology At The Coast Hospital

Weekend before last, as I made my way between Mendocino and Fort Bragg, it seemed like every encounter with a local included a question or comment about the Oncology Department at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast…

I Bombed Judi Bari — The Mystery That Never Really Was

I’m desperate, Bruce. I’d considered bombing you at one time, but two bombings in Mendocino County at that particular time would have been pushing my luck, not that it was luck that I got away…

A Marijuana Murder, An Alcohol Death

Jose Luis Gonzalez told his family he was going hunting. He didn’t tell his family he was going hunting for marijuana. Gonzalez, 34, was a non-violent hunter. He went hunting marijuana without a gun, and…

Why I Left Spring Grove

I left Spring Grove (Albion) in 2003. I did not leave willingly. I was evicted. I have honestly tried to put the betrayal behind me. Soon afterwards the strange looks from former friends, the turned…

No Problem At All With Supervisors “Recess”

It's impossible not to recognize the seemingly institutional dysfunction in the governing process of this county. Too many elected officials and “public servants” who are classified as department heads, middle management, and “staff,” go out…

County Notes: PHF Breaks New Ground — In Empty Rhetoric

After more than eight years of dithering, and without much fanfare, ground was officially broken for the County’s new Psychiatric Health Facility on Whitmore Lane in Ukiah on Tuesday, August 20. There was no advance…

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