The first part of last week’s Board of Supervisors discussion of this fiscal year's budget involved a lengthy review of California’s new “criminal justice realignment” and its effect on the County departments. Realignment assigns lightweight…
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Juan Orr, 26, maybe of Chico, has libeled two Albion men every which way. Not only libeled them, got them arrested, thrown in jail and, briefly, charged with major felonies. It all started when Orr…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Well, I think I’ll start with my usual ‘speech’ about the upcoming County Fair. I’m sure I don’t have to remind anyone…
I met with Arline at her home on Highway 128 in Boonville. It was a hot day and so the peaches and fresh water were perfect as we sat down to talk at the dining…
The 2012 season had started well with three consecutive road wins. Last Wednesday afternoon the team opened league play with their first home game against the Broncos from Geyserville, a team from the ‘B’ Division…
The Mendocino County Courthouse here in California's intoxicants capitol was packed last Wednesday with low-level miscreants whose use or misuse of mind-altering substances had landed them in court. It's striking how many casualties of the…
It was the Boonville Fair. It was always the fair, scene of so many crimes and misdemeanors, of joys and neon sorrows. The Mendocino County Apple Fair and Rodeo was, in my time, Boonville’s small-town…