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Posts published in December 2009

Big Beer Takes Over

Forget about kicking back and enjoying an Ameri­can beer; a massive wave of consolidation is trans­forming the industry. According to a recent report by the Marin Insti­tute, a California-based alcohol industry watchdog, a rush of…

An Udder Explosion

Thanksgiving Day started out routinely. The cows went through the milking procedure without balking. It was only when I was feeding hay after the milking that I noticed a few suspicious splotches of blood, looked…

Knee-Deep in Duck

Some impulse purchases are more gratifying than others. This Thanksgiving was to be a small get-together; for our expansive family, an unusually restrained event. As such, we decided to keep our celebratory dinner to the…

State Not Developers Likely to Decide Fate of Downtown Ukiah

The economic viability of Ukiah’s historic downtown is going to be shaped not by warring development factions but by a pending state decision on where to build a new Mendocino County Courthouse. The state Department…

Salmon for Wine?

It's one of the career changes some of Mendo's unemployed fishermen are pondering these days, according to a story about California's non-existent commercial salmon industry--and what local fishermen are up to--in the LA Times today.

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