Why, a reader might ask, would a perfectly sensible woman old enough for Social Security allow herself to leave the peace and quiet of Comptche…
Posts published in “Day: September 11, 2012”
The tradition of a fair goes back to Roman times, when the authorities would declare an intermission of labor and tradesmen from afar sold their…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Well, I think I’ll start with my usual ‘speech’ about the upcoming…
I met with Arline at her home on Highway 128 in Boonville. It was a hot day and so the peaches and fresh water were…
The cover of the SF Weekly’s Fall Arts Guide (9/5-11) trumpeted “Radical CLASSICAL — local chamber musicians are leading a global revolution.” The featured string…
The 2012 season had started well with three consecutive road wins. Last Wednesday afternoon the team opened league play with their first home game against…
REGIONAL FIRE UPDATE: September 11 Scotts Fire (Cow Mountain east of Ukiah). Morning update: 4,618 acres; 50% contained; 1,625 fire personnel. Fire crews made significant…
The Mendocino County Courthouse here in California's intoxicants capitol was packed last Wednesday with low-level miscreants whose use or misuse of mind-altering substances had landed…
It was the Boonville Fair. It was always the fair, scene of so many crimes and misdemeanors, of joys and neon sorrows. The Mendocino County…
On Labor Day the Albion River moved at less than a trickle. Gravel covered much of the riverbed and the tiny flow of water could…
TWO WEEKS AGO, as the North Pass Fire raged northeast of Covelo, CalFire received a frantic call from “a non-English speaking male” who said he…