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Posts published in May 2010

Rosebud

If you had any doubts about just how much money there is in the pot biz, Rosebud, a "hydroponics growers' lifestyle" mag, should put those worries to rest.

You Drill, You Spill

Sobering, is it not, to realize that the possible survival of a huge oil company, of several billion shrimp, assorted species of fish and birds, not to mention avoidance of a near lethal lurch in…

Valley People

LAST THURSDAY morning, May 6th, an Obama-size motorcade, reinforced by a hovering helicopter, passed through Boonville on its way to 3500 Little Mill Creek Road, Philo, the home of Thomas Plowright III, 42, of San…

The Boonville Beer Festival

Usually, when you mix drinks with sex, you get more pricks than kicks. But this year’s beer-fueled debauchery was pretty sane.

Off the Record

This week: McCutcheon v. Colombi, the economics of legalization, Lintott's bankruptcy and much more...

Letters to the Editor

GHOST BUSES Dear Editor, In response to the Opinion piece from the Sunday Ukiah Daily Journal regarding the Mendocino Transit Authority’s Solarization & Modernization Project, I’d like to apologize if our previous letter sounded “sar­castic”…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Tom McFadden

I met with Tom at his home on Hwy 128 in Boonville and following a brief tour of his wonderful workshop we sat down with a cup of coffee and a delicious ham and cheese…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Let’s start off with a few “Many Happy Returns” to our seniors who celebrate a birthday in May: Walter ‘Shine’ Tuttle, Joan…

Salmon Feeding In San Pablo Bay

Each week during the spring along the shores of San Pablo Bay, tanker trucks hired by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) deliver thousands of Chinook salmon smolts, born in hatcheries upstream, to strategic…

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