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Posts published in June 2013

Off The Record

THE HAMBURG BURIAL SAGA CONTINUES. If you came in late, the Hamburg family buried the late Carrie Hamburg on the family's 46 acre home site southwest of Ukiah. Mendocino County's Department of Health did not,…

Mendocino County Today: June 6, 2013

HAMBURG CLAIMS DAMAGES FROM THE COUNTY Dan Hamburg's Claim Against Mendocino County [Attorney Barry Vogel's Letterhead] May 28, 2013 To: Thomas Parker, Mendocino County Counsel Re: Claim Against Mendocino County. Failure to issue a death…

River Views

One hundred thirty-two years ago a Little Lake coroner’s jury reached a finding that my great grandfather’s horse had justifiably shot and killed Benjamin Frost on the trail between Mendocino and Willits. A judge sat…

James Dean Lives!

Marfa, Texas, of all places. Three hours southwest out of El Paso, Texas, of all places. Los Angeles, Paso Robles, Cholame, CA, Fairmount, IN, Manhattan, NY. Some of the James Dean sites I set my…

Prohibition ’37: The AMA Dissents

Continued from last week’s AVA, the 1937 hearing at which the House Ways & Means Committee considered marijuana prohibition.

Beyond Killing The Bees

As Spring merges into summer, our gaze turns to our lawns, and we are tempted to envision green carpets and lawnmowers… and poisons. Craneflies, those delicate beauties we call “mosquito hawks,” because they look like…

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