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Posts published in August 2010

August Adventures

I have been at a loss as to how to go from a post about death to justabout anything else.  Suffice to say my dear…

When Pot And Wine Merge

California is in the slo-mo process of merging wine and marijuana into two branches of the same Intoxication industry. The merger is still in its…

The Love Drug Claims Another Life

Last Thursday afternoon a nicely dressed woman car­rying three A-2 assault rifles walked out of the DA's office on the ground floor of the Mendocino…

Old-Time Music Hits Boonville

The Golden Old-time Music Camp-Out came to Boon­ville last weekend for the second time. It used to be in Yreka, way up north. This is…

Sheriff’s Log

8/13 7:59pm A Philo family dispute required the media­tion services of law enforcement. 8/16 9:42am An unidentified 46-year old man piloting a white 2001 Dodge…

Off the Record

This week: Don't mess with dog people, conspiracy and garbage, DA Lintott and Kendall Smith, plus much more...

Valley People

MARIANO LOPEZ FERNANDEZ, 31, was shot and killed by deputies last Wednesday morning at a mari­juana garden near Branscomb, west of Laytonville. Mr. Fernandez had…

This is What Success Looks Like

The last American combat brigade in Iraq has left the country, so the Pentagon announced this week. The 40,000 personnel from 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd…

Letters to the Editor

WHY WAS GREENFIELD RAIDED? Editor, The federal DEA raid 7/7/10 of Joy Greenfield's col­lective, “Light the Way,” magnifies the critical juncture where medical marijuana legalization…

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