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Mendocino County Today: March 27, 2012

THE SUPES toured the controversial Harris Quarry on Ridgewood Grade just south of Willits on Monday (March 26). Harris wants to expand. Many people are opposed. In addition to the expansion of the quarry, its…

A Slouching Pot Economy?

A local banker has named $1 billion as the minimum value of the county’s marijuana economy and she’s warned the Board of Supervisors of the potential effects of its decline. In a presentation to supervisors…

‘We Are Stealing Because We Feel Like It’

An expedition of Lake County-based Anglo-Irish settlers landed ashore Rattlesnake Island, just offshore the Elem Pomo Indian Colony in Clearlake, this past Saturday — St. Patrick's Day – and christened it New Ireland. Despite the…

Mendo’s Broadband Conundrum

The first portion of this two-part series investigates how Mendocino County and rural America are impacted by the lack of universal broadband service. It was a busy afternoon at the Mendocino Coast Hospital. Mendocino County…

The World Of Pinot Noir

Getting into major wine events on the comp list as a writer or restaurant wine buyer used to be a hell of a lot easier than it is in 2012. What I’ve learned is that…

Cho-Mo Or Freelance Child Healer?

Richard F. Kruse of Albion is charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor child, and he’s widely suspected of having been at it for well over 34 years, a serial molester with a…

Off The Record

FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL'S football program has been put on probation for next season by NorCal's high school sports honchos. A few of Ferndale's more oafish fans have pelted visiting teams with what the school bureaucrats…

Farm To Farm

Dramatic climate change never seemed like a debatable topic to me, having walked with bare feet on its direct effects as a child. I can peer out my windows to the west, south, and east,…

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