ACCORDING TO State Controller Data for 2011 Mendocino County had 108 employees whose individual total compensation (base pay, benefits and overtime) exceeded $90k per year. The total cost of these 108 top paid people was…
Posts published in December 2012
MORE WET WEATHER AHEAD for Mendocino County and surrounding areas. Highway 128 was closed near the mouth of the Navarro River on Sunday and is expected to stay that way off and on for the…
FROM THE CHP'S Ukiah office: “Highway 175 was under water near Highway 101 and Hopland Friday morning into the afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. ‘It floods there all the time, but it floods…
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON Mendocino County Counsel Tom Parker issued this succinct press release: “The County of Mendocino filed a motion to quash the federal grand jury subpoenas issued by the United States Attorney for the…
SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN said Wednesday that the “internal investigation” he launched in the wake of a multifaceted federal pot raid on property owned by the family of his Under-Sheriff, Randy Johnson, is now complete. Allman…
JAMES WALKER BENÉT (1914-2012) We just received the sad news that Jim Benét, journalist and veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, passed away this weekend in Santa Rosa, California. This past August he was interviewed…
FEAR THE SCAN To the Editor, The topic of this letter is California law enforcement's best kept secret: the scan. After the twin towers in New York collapsed on September 11, 2001, there was a…
Last year during the crux of pre-Christmas consumption, I ventured into the greatest musical basement east of the Village Vanguard: the classical CD section of Dussman’s Cultural Department Store in the heart of Berlin. One…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Hopefully you’re enjoying the spirit of the Holidays and may Hummingbird and I wish you and yours the very best of health…