KZYX listeners are famously tolerant of audio tedium. But even they may recall Ukiah City Councilman John McCowen's long-winded appearances on the evening news when the droning Ukiah City Councilman delivered narcoleptic lectures on the…
Posts published in August 2009
District Attorney Meredith Lintott had a problem. His name was Peter Hoyle, a well-known and controversial Ukiah cop with 33 years anchoring Mendocino County's thin blue line. If Hoyle hasn't arrested every crook in the…
A couple of Sundays ago I drove in behind Lemons’ Market in Philo to the Ibarra home, one of several back there set among some lovely gardens and trees. We sat outside in the shade…
Coastal residents are protective of Mendocino County’s wild and rugged coastline — so protective that when the state announced a process for new marine protection zones, environmental groups and seafood harvesters started organizing. The State…
LITTLE BOXES, NOT BIG ONES Dear AVA, Rah, rah! for Dave Smith and Boo! to big-box stores that are destroying our counties from coast to coast. This latest ballot initiative Measure A is a tactic…
LESTER ‘Smitty’ Smith, of Philo, will get his life savings back. According to Smitty's attorney, Keith Faulder of Ukiah, the District Attorney’s office has finally agreed that the confiscated cash, as Smitty has insisted all…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Let’s again get straight into a couple of Public Service Announcements. #173: The monthly Barn Sale is this weekend (August 29th &…
The first movie I remember seeing at a movie theatre was The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, and the very young Angela Lansbury. 1955. I was six years old. As we left the…
The Mountain West of the United States is an astonishingly varied showcase of nature’s wonders. From the Grand Canyon to Glacier Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Mt. Rushmore and many other national parks, the American…