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Posts published in March 2013

Your 2013 Anderson Valley Variety Show

Forty-eight hours or so before the opening act of this year’s Anderson Valley Variety Show I got a call from Captain Rainbow asking me to handle the review duties for this year’s extravaganza. I consider…

Bypass In The Wind

Members of California State Senator Noreen Evans' staff, including her resident guru on environmental policy issues, Jeff Tyrell, visited The Warbler's tree sit on Feb. 20th to get a feel for the opposition to the…

Sports Talk

The Summer Olympics of 2012 in London were not nearly as good or as exciting as the Beijing Olympics in China in 2008. But the single most thrilling moment in either Olympics was in the…

In The Home Of Aged Musicians

According to long-accepted, though unverifiable anecdote, the idea for the first charitable fund for musicians was born when three London players had just exited a popular coffee house in the Haymarket in 1738 and saw…

Off The Record

5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR Dan Hamburg's wife, Carrie, has died. Mrs. Hamburg had been ill with cancer for some time. An unfailingly kind and friendly person active in a range of liberal causes, she was much…

Valley People

ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, in a Herculean weekend move, is now ensconced down the street in the spiffy new street-front structure erected by Aaron Weintraub, complete with an old-timey sign that says "Tindall's Market." Proprietor…

Dr. Kravis’s Leaking Tank

Wikipedia: “Grease traps (also known as grease interceptors, grease recovery devices and grease converters) are plumbing devices designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a wastewater disposal system. … Effectively they are…

River Views

Last week’s column recounted how Fort Bragg police officer Craig Guydan shot a dog on December 21st, the only officer-involved shooting in the coastal town last year. Guydan also drew his gun on a group…

Mendocino County Today: March 13, 2013

AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, Mendocino County has engaged Fitch Associates (the go-to consultant for emergency medical issues) to explore the feasibility of establishing an Exclusive Operating Area (EOA) for ambulance services in Mendocino County. Fitch did…

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