This week: The mythical Willits bypass, the problem with the Supes, the PD on Boaz and much more.
Posts published in June 2010
WITH THE VOTE certified late Monday afternoon, we learned that Measure A, the $15.25 million bond to rehab Boonville's school buildings, was approved by almost two-thirds of the Valley's 1452 registered voters, 551 to 296.…
O yea, Mendo Justice can be arbitrary.
On the otherwise tranquil early morning of Wednesday, June 23rd at 1:30am, Ukiah police and firemen were summoned to the Economy Inn where a 1980-ish Ford pick-up was “fully engulfed in flames.”
The U.S. Department of Energy says America uses 20 Million Barrels of oil a day. That's 833,333 barrels an hour, a Billion Barrels every 50 days, about 7.5 Billion Barrels a year. Problem is, Big…
Of course the "Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010" which will be on the ballot in November will not be called "Proposition 420." But whatever number it ends up with in November, it's…
Proposition 39 was approved by California's voters in 2000. It was called the "School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes, Accountability Requirements." It passed statewide 53% to 47% but failed in Mendocino County, 51.5% to…
Aaron Vargas is the highest profile local news story to go national and even international since Jim Jones. His sentencing last week closed yet another unique chapter in Mendocino County history when he was sentenced…