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Posts published in March 2012

You’re A Real San Franciscan If…

• You're a real San Franciscan if you oppose the SF 49ers moving to Santa Clara.

• Not bothered by naked people…A friend and I were in SOMA the same weekend as the last Folsom St. Festival. There was a group of guys near us that included a guy in short short leather shorts who was handcuffed and chained to another man's nipple. The shorts guy was also barefoot. My friend was astonished only that he was barefoot, the handcuffs and chains didn't bother her, just the idea that he was walking barefoot on the city streets.

Off The Record

FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL'S football program has been put on probation for next season by NorCal's high school sports honchos. A few of Ferndale's more oafish…

Valley People

TWO LOCAL MEN were arrested Friday afternoon (16 March) in a raid on the Hutsell Lane, Boonville, home of Vince Ballew, 45, a long-time resident…

‘Shepherds Of The Nation’

Despite my better judgment and sometimes sensitive stomach, I caught a bit of the latest Republican candidate debate the other evening. The one benefit was…

The Head Ride III

This one’s going to be a real head ride. It’s a ride in my head going on right now. No need for a boring tire…

Farm To Farm

Dramatic climate change never seemed like a debatable topic to me, having walked with bare feet on its direct effects as a child. I can…

Mendocino County Today: March 20, 2012

THE SEA SHELL INN, Point Arena, is closed until further notice. At approximately 3 p.m., Friday, March 16, 2012, following two days of through inspections…

Mendocino County Today: March 19, 2012

A STORY in Sunday's Chron asks, “How do you tell if someone is too stoned to drive? States that allow medical marijuana have grappled with…

Mendocino County Today: March 18, 2012

JOHN HOTCHKISS WRITES: In the Mexican-American War (1846-48), 1000 Irish conscripts in General Taylor's army in Texas began to desert (because of gross discrimination),  and…

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