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Bud, Blowtorches & Home Invasions

As any local will tell you, this slice of the Emerald Triangle has seen its share of unforgettable pot-related stick-ups over the years. The county's reputation precedes it: Every would-be dope grower has heard the…

Green Door Studio v. V’Canto

To hear Dan Hemann tell it, Fort Bragg's Headlands Coffeehouse is a blight on an otherwise quiet downtown—a raucous cesspool where drugs, booze and urine flow freely. Worse still, Headlands has set a potentially disastrous…

Schmoll The Besieged

Glenn Schmoll is 69. Glenn Schmoll says he's going to write a book, an unhappy book, on the theme of getting old in a cold rented house with a heater that doesn't work and two…

$8 Mil Down & Growing, But Nothing To Report

Mendocino County is broke and getting broker by the day, but bankruptcy batted fifth last Tuesday. Agenda Item 5-b was called "Budget officer's report." There wasn't one. But there is a budget officer. His name…

A Clarification on the Death of Katlyn Long

A couple of weeks ago, an odd story ran in the Fort Bragg Advocate about the unsolved death of 22-year old Katlyn Long — the coast girl who died suspiciously nearly a year ago. Quoting…

Litter Bugs And Drunk Sailors

With minimal discussion at their meeting of Monday, April 20th, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved nearly all proposed departmental fees, approved them at double, sometimes even triple their present costs. But our leaders…

The Rest of John Sakowicz’s Résumé

In his swift climb up the Northern California financial media ladder, John Sakowicz didn’t just claim to have founded a multi-billion dollar offshore hedge fund. To hear Sakowicz tell it, he’s a man with impeccable…

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