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Posts published in July 2011

Aliens From Outer Space

So this morning I was listening to a radio interview of a reporter for the New York Times, and she laid out clear and irrefutable evidence of how the crooks took over our government and the banking system and didn’t even try to hide what they were doing—massive theft in broad daylight, so to speak.

A Memoir: The Fortunate Son, Part 12

I had gone to bed secure in the knowledge that tomorrow would be Saturday and the prison would be on its free and easy weekend schedule. A light breakfast wouldn't be served until 7:00 AM and if you wanted to sleep in, there would be a brunch at 10:30. I was rudely awakened at 3:30 AM with a firm shake of my foot by a black, female duty-guard.

Big Wine & Global Warming

Mendocino County's wineries have been among the most aggressive in branding themselves, and the rest of the haute alcohol industry, as ecologically sustainable. They've been successful enough so far that the ubiquitous vineyards dotting hillsides…

Logging Little River Airport

Before the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors got down to the equivalent of a bake sale on the Titanic's poop deck last Tuesday, a group of gray-haired Ukiahans made their case that Mendo should seriously…

Send The Message

At the sentencing phase of Timothy Elliott’s murder trial last week, a Pomo woman asked the judge to “send a message to the rest of the community that the life of a Native American is…

The True State Of The Nation

“You must go to AA meetings everyday,” instructed Judge Clayton Brennan to John Bowman in Fort Bragg’s Ten Mile Courtroom last Tuesday. Bowman was in court for a violation of probation. The probation department recommended…

Valley People

RUTH HANES LOGASA has died. Mrs. Logasa, 95, was the last surviving member of the original Hanes family of the sprawling Hanes Ranch west of Boonville. She passed away last week in Concord. Locals will…

Winning The Battle, Losing The War

Sean Bradley Hammon was arraigned on July 7th. Visiting Judge William Lamb refused to set bail on a charge of driving under the influence. Hammon's lawyer, public defender Eric Rennert, was still trying last Thursday,…

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