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Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Tim Bates

I met with Tim in the spacious kitchen that is used for cooking classes at his Apple Farm business on the Philo-Greenwood Road and we sat down to talk at the large dining table. Tim…

Mendo Arts…Living Treasures

“Living Treasures” are those elders in a community recognized as having special knowledge, learned over a lifetime, that they share with others. These folks usually aren’t rich or college educated but they possess a mental…

On Memory & Forgetting in Wine Country

Soon after I became outspoken in my criticism of the regional wine industry, I began having conversations with local people for whom this issue is deeply personal. Across recent decades, the sprawling North Coast booze…

Out With a Whimper & In With a Bang

The year ended at the Ukiah courthouse Thursday with the Honorable Leonard LaCasse striding out the door with his robe folded over his arm, his years as a strictly Mendocino County judge completed. Of course,…

Off the Record

This week: Velveeta vs. Smoked Gouda, Rhetorical overkill in SoCo, Lehan retires and much more

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