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Posts published in June 2014
Election Thoughts;
Local Deputies;
Quarterback Money;
In Memory of Radio;
Twelve Pages;
Shut Up And Pay;
Cultural Character;
Coasting Toward Zero;
Catch of the Day;
Police Calls;
DA Explains Prop 215
The MHB/MHSA joint meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 18 at 10:00 a.m. in Ukiah, Public Health, Conference Room 1, located at 1120 So.…
When the Newman family first came to Anderson Valley in the late 1950s, it was as part-timers; most weekends during autumn, winter and spring, and…
We were down on Big River Beach a few days ago, the weather Hawaiian, naked babies frolicking in the sand, the air scented with barbecued lamb and chicken, the river sparkling, the breezes gentle. And joining us in paradise were a dozen or so unleashed dogs gadding about making everything much less enjoyable by depositing piles of steaming dog poop in our midst and trampling our picnics while chasing each other and vying for scraps of food.
Regarding the frost fan controversy, I’m curious about the decision-making process local grape growers used that produced giant, community-disrupting noise machines? For example, did they do any research at all into alternative, quieter wind machines such as Shur Cold Air Drains and the 4-blade Australian Frost Fans? And, if so, why did they choose the loudest alternative? Was an alternative of having more, but quieter fans rejected as too expensive? Was it a strictly bottom-line, community-be-damned decision?
At 5:16am the Boy Scout Camp, Navarro, reported a “combative, hallucinogenic (sic) patient. A 500-person “juggling fair” was underway at the Camp. We suspect, however, a rave whose alleged 500 attendees were juggling ecstasy, some of which they just happened to ingest, hence the combative, hallucinating juggler.
California is the most hydrologically altered landmass on the planet, a distinction it first attained in the early-mid-20th century. The Hoover Dam (on the Colorado…
Officer Guydan, who spent almost two full years on the Fort Bragg police force, was the subject of numerous formal and informal complaints by citizens and the Coast Copwatch group (I am a member). At some point in April rumors started to swirl that Officer Guydan was leaving the force. A phone call to Chief Mayberry confirmed the reports.