TOP 19 REASONS TO OPPOSE THE WILLITS BYPASS 1. CalTrans — an agency synonymous with No Accountability. Neighbors of the bypass right of way are already complaining that whenever they ask Caltrans to make minor,…
Posts published in January 2013
THE LITTLE TRAIN THAT’S BANKRUPT To the Editor: The North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) is an independent state entity in charge of the 310-mile freight rail line between American Canyon and Humboldt Bay. NCRA's Board members…
A UKIAH MAN arrested when 19 guns and a bomb were discovered in his home, was arraigned Friday on an array of charges. DA Spokesman Mike Geniella said Wesley Shultz, 43, pleaded not guilty January…
As he approached his 70th year, the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright endured a bout of pneumonia during a Wisconsin winter. “You could add 20 years to his life,” his doctor told Wright's wife, “if…
In the Grimm brother’s Snow White the Queen gazes into the magic mirror that never lies and vainly asks: “Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land.” Later, she gets the…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I must sadly inform readers of the passing of Harold Perry at the grand old age of 96, the Valley’s oldest resident.…
Some of the folks down by Navarro by the Sea have been very interested in the mouth of the Navarro River. Anderson Valley people should hope that any differences are amicably settled and with justice…
Panic set in not for the obvious reasons: the blinding white stone of the Capitol dome, ramparts and columns resembling nothing so much as Albert Speer’s Hall of the People after a full-on peroxide scrub…
Here's what I've learned about doing time: you can't do years. Well, in retrospect you can, easily — that is, after you've done 'em. They're a snap. Looking back they don't seem a huge deal.…