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Posts published in “Day: October 10, 2012

Mendocino County Today: October 11, 2012

NORBURY MURDER TRIAL BEGINS with opening remarks. Tearful girlfriend testifies. In his opening statement Tuesday in the murder trial of Billy Norbury, Mendocino County District…

Mendocino County Today: October 10, 2012

IT TOOK the better part of three days but a jury is seated for the Billy Norbury murder trial. Opening statements began Tuesday morning. Norbury,…

Off The Record

IT TOOK the better part of three days but a jury is seated for the Billy Norbury murder trial. Opening statements began Tuesday morning. Norbury,…

The War On Plants

The Conventional Wisdom is that marijuana prohibition was first imposed early in the 20th century by sheriffs in southwestern states seeking to increase their power…

Valley People

THE FLYNN FIRE was declared fully extinguished late last Thursday. A small army of CalFire vehicles still packed the parking lot of the Boonville Fairgrounds…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Let’s start with these October Birthdays that are being celebrated in the…

Incident At Bald Hills

This day was going to be a quiet and productive for me — no trips to Ukiah or Mendocino or Fort Bragg for Cow Lick’s. I had lots of study to do on my Biblical message for this Sunday at Philo Methodist Church.

Greenwashing Forest Destruction

The forests of the world are in deep trouble. One especially sobering illustration is as follows. 1970 is commonly cited (erroneously) as the year environmental…

The Doper In The Uniform

In 2011, bicycling champion Lance Armstrong demanded an apology from “60 Minutes” after the program alleged that he used banned drugs to ride faster. Then…

Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: Joe Dresch

I met with the former Philo Post Master, Joe Dresch, at his Russian River Estates home in the hills a few miles southeast of Ukiah.…

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