THIRD DISTRICT SUPE’S candidate John Pinches missed Saturday’s debate in the friendly hometown confines of Laytonville’s Harwood Hall because, en route, as the Eel River Canyon rancher swerved to avoid hitting an elk, he hit…
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FROM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT: "The Domaine Carneros 2013 Brut won Best of Show Sparkling for its bouquet of aromas, from pear and honeycomb to brioche. It offers a creamy texture, elegant structure and a long…
THE CROWDED 3rd District race, which might as well be in Nevada for all the attention it gets outside Willits, Laytonville and Covelo, the three antipodes of Mendocino County, occurs in the wild, wild region of…
YEAH, YEAH, appearances can be deceptive, and it isn't fair to judge a person's mental health by how he or she looks, but the woman who shot up YouTube the other day? Visibly deranged, and not a person you should sell a gun to. Of course if gun sellers went by appearances, few Americans would ever get their trigger fingers on so much as a bb gun.
THE COUNTY'S helping pros packed the Ukiah Convention Center last week to talk back to the author of the Marbut Report, Marbut himself. Marbut had been paid a cool fifty grand by the County to…
TWO MORE POT GROWERS have filed claims against the county for alleged wrongful raids last September. Mr. William Knight of Ukiah says in his claim (on the Supervisors agenda for routine rejection next week) that…
MERLIN TINKER RETIRES. The Mendocino Coast's go-to clock guy says 48 years repairing clocks and sewing machines is "more than enough. I quit. I retire." My experience with Merlin may have been unique. I inherited…