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Great Redwood Trail Diary

Pedaling my bicycle along the Great Redwood Trail last week I could not believe some of the things I saw … I noticed several individuals sitting together on the ground smoking dope next to a…

All Rise

Well, it had to happen one day. After three jury trials, two as jury foreman, I was booted out of a jury pool last week on Round #2 of juror questioning. So much had changed…

Farewell To The Bewildered Pig

In early 2019 I was visiting Mendocino County frequently, looking for a new place to live after a twenty-year absence, during which time I lived in Southern California raising my children. It was a huge…

Homeless Point In Time Count, An Exchange

Adam Gaska: I saw a post about the last Continuum of Care board meeting and the meeting packet. The post I saw was trumpeting how the efforts by all the different agencies involved have been…

Our Times: Patent Medicine

J&J’s Bankruptcy Ploy Johnson & Johnson, deemed the “world’s most admired pharmaceutical company” by Fortune Magazine, has a net worth of $420 billion. In 2021, faced with more than 50,000 claims (and substantial scientific evidence)…

County Notes (September 27, 2023)

A couple of readers asked why we didn’t cover the main points of the Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, specifically their decision to postpone enforcement of the outdoor eatery tent ban for a year; their review…

The 99th Mendocino County Fair & Apple Show

We got a big break on the weather this year: warm but not too hot — perfect. As Monday rolled around the skies were cloudy and gray. What a bummer it would have been to…

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