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Off the Record 12/23/2009

THE COUNTRY may be sliding into permanent Depression, but Mendocino County’s judges, already more numerous in relation to the County’s sparse population than they are in any other county in the state, are apparently going…

Something Nice

A young woman suggested I write something nice for the holidays.

I said I'd try.

Farm To Farm

The matsutakes are emerging along the ridges. If you know where they are you are finding them. If you don't, you probably won't. A person with deeper local roots than I have has been schooling…

Spy Rock Memories, Part 2

In my younger days I had a habit that I thought was amusing but which I imagine most people found very annoying. It consisted of making up stories — okay, you could be uncharitable and…

If the Key Fits

If it's action you want, Hoyle's your cop.

He's an action guy, what you call a polarizing figure, a strong personality of the old school lawman type. Thirty-three years on the thin blue line.

Build it and they will come…

The state’s nearly $120 million plan to build a new Mendocino County Courthouse is shaping up to be the single biggest  investment ever in Ukiah’s downtown. It presents an opportunity to rectify one of the…

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