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Posts published in April 2014

Hear Ye, Mini-Makers: Maketh Thyself Faire

Calling All Makers & Do-It-Yourselfers for the 2nd Annual Mendocino County Mini Maker Faire On Saturday, May 24th, from 10 am to 5 pm, the Mendocino County Museum will host the Second Annual Mendocino County…

The Weight of The Water Board

A year ago this week, the California Highway Patrol conducted its mop-up of the five Willits tree sits that had been blocking portions of CalTrans’ Willits Bypass freeway construction. The April 2, 2013, operation began…

Longo Goes Long

Elk Native Vincent Longo Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at Ithaca College ITHACA, NY — Vincent Longo, an Elk native and television radio major in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca…

Mendocino County Says Goodbye

Sheriff Allman's choreograph of last Wednesday's memorial services in Fort Bragg for slain deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino was a masterpiece of organization in honor of a man universally admired in Mendocino County. Several thousand people,…

Meet Deputy Denton

Potter Valley Community Meeting The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office would like to invite the public to attend an upcoming Potter Valley community meeting. The meeting will be held on Wednesday April 16, 2014 at 6pm…

Bird’s Eye View (Apr 2, 2014)

Yes, readers, it’s the 400th edition of “Bird’s Eye View by Turkey Vulture” and as you can see by the photograph I don’t look a day over 399!

Letters (Apr 2, 2014)

About four weeks ago I stopped in the County Clerk’s office in Ukiah to find out when the last election of the Anderson Valley CSD Board of Directors was. Auditor Meredith Ford said she would look it up and get back to me (no answer). After a few weeks I sent her a letter asking that question and the legality of CSD offi­cers who are not elected (no answer).

Meet The Hornbooks

Kyle Stornetta is a scion of a prominent Point Arena family. Clay Brennan is a scion of a federal court judge whose convenient connections got him appointed to the Mendocino County Superior Court. DA David Eyster is the scion of David Eyster, long time local attorney. And there's Keith Faulder, Mendocino County ace criminal defense attorney, scion of America's confused drug laws, and a go-to guy if you're guilty and can afford him.

Valley People (Apr 2, 2014)

I NEVER thought I'd write this sentence: "Rainbow has sparked an International incident." The popular Boon­ville man, whose given name is Robert Salisbury, has been living and working in Myanmar, formerly Burma, in an area…

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