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Posts published in June 2014

Fairgrounds Music Fest Returns

The third weekend in June is upon us, and for the past decade in Boonville that means the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival kicks off in the fairgrounds Friday evening and runs through Sunday evening.…

Valley People (June 18, 2014)

THE BOONVILLE GRADUATION drew a large crowd for Anderson Valley, the largest I've seen. Children of Mexican immigrants made up a large majority of the graduates, and the Mexicans turned out in force. The class of 2014 struck me as serious, mature even, especially for high school kids, perhaps because Mexican kids, in the Anderson Valley anyway, are raised in strong, intact families solidly aware of the decadent seductions presented by their adopted country and have worked to inoculate their young against them.

Simpson Lane Chivalry

Bryan Kann was so amped on methamphetamine that it would be whole days and many lost nights before he could sleep. And there was nothing at all to do but bounce endlessly around the house, waiting for whatever tweekers wait for. At 3am, Kann found something to do.

Off the Record (June 18, 2014)

COUNTY CEO Carmel Angelo has included a $45,000 remodeling project at the County Jail in the 2014-15 county budget. The re-do will house a dog grooming vocational program for female inmates: Allman: As we know…

HumCo Struggles to Maintain Services

Humboldt County is proposing what’s been described as a down-to-the-bone budget with a $2.7 million deficit and unless new revenue sources emerge, the situation will get worse in future years. The Board of Supervisors fielded…

Hiking The Yolla Bolly (Part 2)

The whole trek would have proved relatively uneventful except for the last two hundred yards of the trail. I was in the lead of five other backpackers, returning to the trailhead. The hiker behind hollered, “Do you see the car?”

A Nation of Speedfreaks Redux

Do you shudder at the sight of low-life trailer-trash crankheads driving around in their beat-up Camaros? Do you nod solemnly when one of the big tv news actors presents a piece on how methamphetamine is now the Number One Drug Scourge of the United States? Are you shocked at video footage of police and firefighting personnel in radiation suits removing chemistry lab equipment from innocuous rural dwellings? It's everywhere, isn't it?

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Moorman Reversed;
Caltrans Scheduling;
Brown the Knife;
Haight 1967;
Translating Mack;
Library Budget;
Young Son Asking;
Sheriff’s Agreement;
War Racket;
Catch of the Day;
Domestic Violence;
Brazil Protest;
Fred Ross, Organizer;
Why Iraq?;
Grasping at Buds

Aquaponics With Permaculture (Not Waterboarding with Acupuncture)

Aquaponics Using Applied Permaculture--Workshop June 28-29 at Solar Living Institute A self-sufficient system: Weekend workshop provides introductionto exciting new field   The Solar Living Institute continues its series of cutting-edge sustainable technology courses on the weekend…

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