And the IV is about to be yanked out. The recent decision by Calfire not to award a timber sale in Jackson Demonstration State Forest to the only (very low) bidder has sparked a controversy…
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The abalone fillet sizzled in a pan of seasoned butter. The wine was so cold the bottle sweated. A dash of brandy went into the pan, the alcohol caught and the chef flipped the fillet…
The last few months of Katlyn Long’s abbreviated life unfolded much like anyone transitioning between relationships: Unhappy with her long-term, 31-year-old boyfriend, Long broke things off. The 22-year-old Fort Bragg girl had met someone else—someone…
On the Mendocino Coast even something as seemingly mundane as a Community College Interest Group can be hotbed of radicalism, dissent and controversy. For good or ill, an issue that would inspire a letter-writing campaign…
At the end of June, Aaron Vargas will stand trial for a crime that would normally be seen as inexcusable: He is accused of driving to Darrell McNeill's trailer home on Fort Bragg's Farrer Lane,…
When cops were dispatched to a rural Redwood Valley address recently, they had little information about what to expect: All they knew was a man with a gun was standing in his front yard shouting…
As any local will tell you, this slice of the Emerald Triangle has seen its share of unforgettable pot-related stick-ups over the years. The county's reputation precedes it: Every would-be dope grower has heard the…
To hear Dan Hemann tell it, Fort Bragg's Headlands Coffeehouse is a blight on an otherwise quiet downtown—a raucous cesspool where drugs, booze and urine flow freely. Worse still, Headlands has set a potentially disastrous…
Glenn Schmoll is 69. Glenn Schmoll says he's going to write a book, an unhappy book, on the theme of getting old in a cold rented house with a heater that doesn't work and two…