New books on “the brain” are being published every week, it seems, with many of them purporting to explain virtually everything about human behavior, health, follies, and the future.
Posts published in September 2013
Following a Sheriff’s Office-escorted tour of Garberville’s transient camps and hangouts, Southern Humboldt Supervisor Estelle Fennell has reported that an effort to launch police foot…
My good buddy Taylor Stoehr just died and I’ve been leafing through the bulging file of his letters to me, reading passages at random and marveling at the clarity of his prose and the generosity of his spirit.
RICHARD PETERSEN has died. The famous Ukiah-based criminal defense attorney had been ill with cancer for some time, and passed away Monday in Belvedere, Marin…
THE SCANNER CRACKLED Monday with the ominous news that a woman at the Hanes Ranch west of Boonville had suffered “full cardiac arrest.” The next…
The joke in Anderson Valley is that the meth tasting rooms begin on the Deep End (Navarro) where the wine tasting rooms leave off. It’s…
On September 17th, a panel calling itself the Coastal Homelessness and Mental Health Action Group met for the first time in the conference room of…
FROGS KNOW Editor, I have had the privilege recently to take advantage of our excellent county bus service, Mendocino Transit Authority. There is a community…
A federal historic preservation agency called out Caltrans last week for a “major breach” of its commitment to protect historic properties, as required by the…
The past week witnessed a couple of big matches in the high school boys soccer season that may well have a significant impact on the…
JUST IN: Judge Ann Moorman today (Tuesday) denied DA David Eyster’s motion to have Will Parrish jailed for allegedly violating the conditions of his bail…