Earlier this afternoon, the North Coast Railroad voted 8-1 to rescind its earlier certification of an environmental impact report governing operations on the southern end of its line. (Want background? See yesterday’s LostCoastOutpost.com post.) LoCO…
Posts published in April 2013
SUNDAY'S CONTROLLED BURN behind Jack’s Valley Store went off without going out of control, which CalFire's burns have a tendency to do. This burn was practice for our volunteers under the careful direction of Chief…
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.…
WITHIN AN HOUR of the Boston bombs, the conspiracy creeps were on the internet where one of the creepiest of all, Alex Jones, predictably claimed that our government had done it. Jones called the bombings…
Nobody much talked about the Press Democrat headlines last week regarding Congressperson Lynn Woolsey’s chairing a panel about “extraterrestrials” on earth, although a few right-wingers did snicker, "We told you she was nuts." The Press…
The jury and all charges were dismissed last week in the vehicular manslaughter case brought by The People against Ms. Helen A. Leslie. Ms. Leslie is the very picture of a retired schoolteacher, a little…
The Board of Supervisors expressed plenty of skepticism during their March 12 discussion of the Exclusive Operating Area (EOA) proposal for County ambulance service. As “outreach” sessions commence around the County, all five Supervisors expressed…
A KIND OF STONER'S WOODSTOCK is on for this coming weekend as thousands of people are expected to join marijuana celebrations in Colorado and Washington, two states where the love drug has recently been decriminalized.…