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Posts published in July 2012

Valley People

THE JOHNSON RANCH, Boonville, is located on the Boonville end of the Ukiah-Boonville Road. Gary Johnson was driving past his ranch Wednesday afternoon a little before five when he spotted a camo-clad man with a…

Save The Yaks

Coralee Whitsett, a marine biologist currently managing the aquarium at the Point Cabrillo lighthouse north of Mendocino, has a surprising mission in life — raising Tibetan yaks. “What do you do with them?” is the…

Mendocino County Today: July 23, 2012

THE NATION MAGAZINE characterizes the late Alexander Cockburn's life as a “Fierce, protracted resistance in the defense of democracy.” That's certainly true of Cockburn, but not the magazine itself, now an arm of the Democratic…

Mendocino County Today: July 22, 2012

ALEXANDER COCKBURN — 1941-2012 Farewell, Alex, My Friend by Jeffrey St. Clair Our friend and comrade Alexander Cockburn died Friday night in Germany, after a fierce two-year long battle against cancer. His daughter Daisy was at…

Mendocino County Today: July 21, 2012 (Parts 1&2)

NY POLICE COMMISSIONER Ray Kelly said gunman said he was Batman's enemy. Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooter James Holmes, 24, dropped out from neuroscience PhD at University of Colorado in June. Holmes bought a movie…

Mendocino County Today: July 20, 2012

THE JOHNSON RANCH, Boonville, is located on the Boonville end of the Ukiah-Boonville Road. Gary Johnson was driving past his ranch Wednesday afternoon a little before five when he spotted a camo-clad man with a…

Mendocino County Today: July 19, 2012

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE for House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district John Murphy congratulated the Green Party on what very well may be a major comeback effort on Tuesday. The Green Party suffered major setbacks…

Letters To The Editor

WHY LAURA’S LAW? Editor, Laura’s Law Issues Raised by Supervisors & Staff 7-10-12 1. Staff estimates the cost of implementing Laura’s Law is $792,696 annually. Nevada County’s cost of providing services to 19 individuals during…

Kristofferson & Bottrell For Hendy Woods

Two famous guys stepped up to help us save Hendy Woods Park by singing their hearts out at a benefit concert in the Big White Mendocino Music Festival Tent on July 11th. I know that…

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