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Posts published in “Day: August 8, 2012

Mendocino County Today: August 9, 2012

THE GOLDEN STATE'S government has discovered $119 million more in hidden funds, the Governor's office has announced. These millions are in accounts for healthcare programs,…

Letters To The Editor

SALAD U. Hi Folks, We will be hosting a Salad University class on Sunday Sept. 9 at Floodgate Farm's new Redwood Valley location on Laughlin…

Crazy Drifters

Sometimes it’s worthwhile to step back and let the boggling wash over your dome, reflecting on all the types who have somehow found their way…

Last Call At The Vapor Room

As the sun was going down over Twin Peaks on the last day of July, two staffers took down the Vapor Room sign. Handpainted and…

River Views

Bruce McEwen’s July 18th article in the AVA detailed the ill-fated trip of Kevin Dirksen and his two children after parking their van near Ukiah’s…

Goff & Krishnamurti

I would not have gone to see Krishnamurti (since I didn’t know who or what he was) had not my Philosophy professor Robert Goff urged his students to go; and Goff would not have been my Philosophy professor had I been accepted into a Creative Writing seminar

Mendocino County Today: August 8, 2012

BILLY MAYFIELD, formerly of Willits, will be out of prison by Friday. Sentenced in 1985 to 17-to-life for the murder of Mark Snyder, also of…

The Richmond Fire

In '66 and '67, I worked in refinery's “ISOMAX” unit, their newest, showcase plant for squeezing the last drop of fuel-oils out of what had been “waste” (asphalt).

The Thin Green Line

Lately, it has been observed that “it takes a village” to save a park. In the case of Hendy Woods Community and Mendocino Area Parks…

Valley People

ALL WE KNOW is the sad whispers that Jamal Essayah, 24, is dead. We understand that Jamal had been living in Marin County, that he…

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