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Posts published in November 2012

Sports Notes

Local boy Jacob Gowan is Stanford’s long-snapper on this year’s outstanding Cardinal football team. He is also a coach’s dream because he is a fine…

Does Pot Stink? (Or Is It Just You?)

Toward the end of the day of their November 13th meeting, the Board endured two hours of mind-numbing opinion from actuaries and consultants and staff…

Cowboys Forever, At Least In Covelo

While visiting Willits for Thanksgiving, on Black Friday I dropped into its elegant feed store/pet store/tack shop/ranchwear and coffee shop, J.D. Redhouse & Co., in…

Mendocino ‘Magic’

Driving up Highway 101, late 1970s, hitchhikers at regular intervals and when they saw my VW van they would start jumping up and down with anticipation of a ride. I picked up one of the less deranged-looking guys and we had a nice chat as we entered Humboldt and the redwoods.

Mendocino County Today: November 27, 2012

MENDOCINO COUNTY PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS for federal and state offices. (Name, Party, vote total, percentage) President: Jill Stein Grn 471 2.61% Thomas Hoefling AI 83…

An Englishman Rides To Boonville

October, 2008 — We’re still riding south on Highway 101. We haven’t traveled far enough south to make any climatic difference, but the mist of…

Mendocino County Today: November 26, 2012

A HUSBAND AND WIFE are dead, and their 16-year-old son is still missing, after all three were swept out to sea Saturday afternoon in a…

Mendocino County Today: November 25, 2012

I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA how to help with Fort Bragg's request “for the public's help in identifying potential illegal or unsafe marijuana-growing operations…

Mendocino County Today: November 24, 2012

TODAY'S FACTOID: Walmart employees receive $2.66 billion in government help every year, or about $420,000 per store. TRA, a Lost Coast Outpost commenter, on the…

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