There are pot cases and there are pot cases, and here at ground zero Pot County we see them all, great and small. This one…
Posts published in August 2013
Salmon are one of nature’s miracles, a resource of protein and nitrogen that feeds entire ecosystems, both marine and terrestrial. Far inland, within river basins…
Blue Meadow Farm gets its name from the blue-eyed grass that cast a lovely blue sheen over the meadow which became our farm field. Sunflowers…
A draft feasibility study prepared for the county’s Harbor District has identified several challenges to railroad development and deemed it to be a “high cost…
In recent weeks, my thoughts have turned to neighbors. During our years in Anderson Valley, from the late 1950s to the late 1980s, the Newman…
REVISITING BASSLER Dear AVA, A few months ago, I read Allman and Spark's hastily written how-to on catching a mentally ill killer, who also happened…
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED for August 5th, Will Parrish’s trial is now slated for Monday, September 16th at 9am at the Mendocino County Courthouse. Will is being…
DUCK AND COVER When the bomb drops, Admiral A.G. Cook, civil defense director, suggests San Franciscans lie down with the lions. The lion house at…
A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT. A man doing a night time owl survey for the Mendocino Land Trust near the tracks on the Willits end…
THE LATEST FROM THE WILLITS BYPASS PROTESTS. Ripper Restrained from Destroying Hillside at Caltrans Bypass Site In yet another stealthy pre-dawn action, protesters against the…
SUPES REJECT COSTCO-AT-MASONITE PROPOSAL. Supervisor Pinches was unable to find a second to his motion to invite the present Ohio-based owners of the 79-acre Masonite…