Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I was just one of over a hundred people in attendance at the most recent live music show down in The Deep…
Posts published in July 2010
In a historic protest on July 21, members of dozens of California Indian Tribes and their allies marched through the streets of downtown Fort Bragg protesting the violation of indigenous fishing and gathering rights under…
Fire has been a “cleanser” in Mendocino County ever since Mendocino's Chinatown was torched in the bad old days. In the 1970s there were the old fishing shacks on Portugee Beach, burned as a training…
Somehow, losing the world should have been harder, but much of the ride was exhilarating, even fun. It feels like this to be in the car that’s crested the first long climb on the roller…
It was 2017. Clans were governing America. The first clans organized around local police forces. The conservatives’ war on crime during the late 20th century and the Bush/Obama war on terror during the first decade…
The New York Times ran a story of curious import this morning: “MEL GIBSON LOSES SUPPORT ABROAD.” Well, gosh, that's disappointing. And just when we needed him, too. Concern over this pressing matter probably reflects…
Most of the time the water at Mendocino County's state parks is safe to drink. Sometimes, though, it's not safe to drink
My good friend and former colleague Don Cruiser and I have different opinions on the California Marine Life Protection Act of 1999.