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Posts published in January 2011

David Gurney, Free Speech Hero

A journalist forcibly arrested for recording and speaking at a public meeting is suing the privately funded MLPAI, and state agencies. On April 20, 2010 David Gurney went to a Marine Life Protection Act Initiative…

HumCo Planners Mull Pot Money

Humboldt County’s economy is more diverse than most people realize, the HumCo Planning Commission has been told, but assessing one of its most significant contributors remains elusive. At their Jan. 20 meeting, commissioners noted that…

Two Thumbs Up for Clint Mansell: Black Swan, Dark Power

Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, which will doubt-less figure prominently in the Academy Awards nominations to be issued next week, is a horror flick en pointe: terrifyingly claustrophobic, often painful, massively melodramatic, and ultimately self-destructive. In…

Nice Try

My son is talking like an 80-year-old man. He thinks it’s funny and, except for feeling a little sluggish, is otherwise fine – at least I hope he is. His teacher mentioned that strep throat…

Collateral Damage

It’s too soon to say of course, but it really does look as though the Tucson shooter has done Sarah Palin serious damage. A Gallup poll run at the end of last week gives her…

Anderson Valley, Tentacle Of The Wine Grape Octopus

Big Wine's transformation of the Anderson Valley reflects larger patterns of economic mis-development, as well as ecological and cultural exploitation, that have been taking place across Mendocino County, the entire state — the entire globe.

Valley People

DON'T FORGET the film festival this weekend at the Philo Grange. Three days of really, really, really good movies. SERGEANT Manuel 'Manny' Mendoza Valencia will be formally welcomed back to his home town of Boonville…

Lights Out Gang Visits Boonville

The big moon shone down on a cold and clear Anderson Valley last Thursday night to choruses of barking dogs and yipping coyotes celebrating the lunar clarity. About 10:30, just after Deputy Squires had gone…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Muriel Ellis

I met with Muriel at the Redwood Drive-In a week or so ago and we sat and drank coffee as she shared her story with me. For those who don’t know, she is Terry Ryder’s…

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