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Posts published in January 2010

Farm To Farm

The pastures in our part of the Valley are swarming with opportunistic robins as the soils are saturated and earthworms are strung out like junkies on the surface. “Looks like the robins just migrated into…

Ronald Lee Guenther

Ronald Lee Guenther passed away on January 22, 2010 at home with his family by his side.

The Superintendent Does Not Recall

Testimony continues in the civil trial of Point Arena School Superintendent Mark Iacuaniello, who's accused of “fraudulent inducement” — hiring principal Matt Murray to improve Point Arena's troubled elementary school then firing Murray after he'd successfully lifted the school from what amounted to state probation.

Valley People 1/27/2010

WHEN 128 COLLAPSED last week and stayed collapsed not far from the Sonoma County line for three days, locals got in and outtahere either by the Ukiah Road or via Mountain House Road through Hopland.…

Off the Record 1/27/2010

This week: Jameson Jackson gets out of jail, Carmel Angelo takes on Marvin Trotter, Ayn Rand's balls, Bosk vs. Sako and much more...

And Then There Was Mendo

"Consensus” isn't a word that comes to mind with the Marine Life Protection Act, Mendocino County branch.

Q&A with Mindy Galliani

Last week, I sat down with Mindy Galliani, Aaron Vargas's sister, at the Vargas family home in Fort Bragg. Mindy has been working virtually full-time on her brother's case. Here, she talks about what Vargas…

In Vargas Case, Prosecutors Bring Out the Big Guns

It’s official. The Aaron Vargas murder trial has entered the realm of theabsurd. Facing a tough trial in a county known for its independent, anti-authoritarian impulse, the District Attorney’s office, lead by ADA Beth Norman,…

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