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Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Patty Liddy

I met with Patty in our living room. It seemed as good a place as any. She is my wife of 23 years and, while this seemed a little strange at first, certainly a little…

The Meat Axe

The unlikely prospects for a tax-subsidized slaughterhouse.

Big Checks, Small Balances

The lawsuit against Bear Trucking is seven years old. In April a jury in Judge John Behnke’s court found the company had been negligent in a Mendocino County accident. The injured party and his lawyer…

Lintott & Pot—One More Time

Ukiah High School teacher Jeff Burrell can get on with his life after felony marijuana cultivation charges he faced were dropped Tuesday, in yet another confusing chapter in the saga of Mendocino County District Attorney Meredith Lintott.

Fallout Continues In Vargas Case

Is it “consensual” when a man as an adult engages in sex with another who began molesting him as a boy?

The Rules Are Whatever We Say They Are

In Mendocino County the marijuana rules are never dry.

Wake up one morning and people are saying the rule is 25 plants. Wake up another morning, it's back to six. A week later the feds are saying "zero toler­ance."

Grandiose Plans

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire, has announced plans to rebuild their fire station just off 128 southeast of Boonville. The plan includes replacement of the building and all its associated…

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