It was the 911 tape that burned Glenn Hughes at his preliminary hearing last year. It also seared everyone in court that day who heard it. A man was being beaten to death as the…
Posts published in January 2013
While authorities still aren't saying much about the violent death of a 5-month-old baby girl in Fort Bragg, details have come to light about the events that led up to the December tragedy. Wilson L.…
A READER WRITES: “That was an interesting press release from the City of Willits announcing the departure of City Manager Paul Cayler. After praising Cayler's accomplishments and attributes the release cryptically says the City Council…
The California Newspapers Publishers Association announced this week that a small Internet — based media outlet is suing Lake County Sheriff Frank Rivero for discrimination. In a lawsuit filed in Lake County Superior Court, John…
THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. Friends, In memory of Martin Luther King, a clip from my documentary, “1968: The Year that Shaped a Generation” (PBS, 1998) which we posted on The I Files YouTube…
FOSTER FATHER Accused In Baby's Death Had Drug Arrest By Tiffany Revelle The foster father accused of beating a five-month-old baby girl to death in December while she was in his care was in Mendocino…
REEL SHORT MOVIE REVIEW. Zero Dark Thirty. The Chron's ineffable movie reviewer, Mick LaSalle, says it's “one of the best films of 2012.” I'd say it's one of the worst but, in its way, revelatory…
THE HEADLINE on the front page of Thursday's Ukiah Daily Journal announced (again) that Bruce Richard, Mendocino Transit Authority boss, has retired after 31 years of "service." To himself. Richard was paid about a hundred…
AS A LETTER WRITER reminded us this week, in any round-up of unsolved Mendocino County murders, those of Charles ‘Buzzy’ Mitchell, 66, and his son Nolan Mitchell, 34, must be included. Mitchell Sr. was bludgeoned…