Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published in July 2014

Back To Basics

The Fifth Annual Not-So-Simple Living Fair at the Boonville Fairgrounds saw an avid throng of attendees. The event is hugely popular and crucial to a growing and widely diverse demographic of Mendocino County. That demographic…

Welcome Home, Sgt. Berry

Steven Berry is a Marine. He barely survived heavy fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan, suffering such horrific injuries in Afghanistan that he was medically retired after ten years of service, four of those years…

Valley People (July 30, 2014)

ELLEN TINKLER has died. A long-time resident of Ray's Road, Philo, Mrs. Tinkler had been disabled by Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mrs. Tinkler was a retired elementary school teacher. She is survived by her husband, Ron…

Bird’s Eye View (July 30, 2014)

What a mess! Outside the bucolic bubble that is Boonville and not far beyond, the world seems to be almost spinning out of control. We have increasingly tragic events, some of which are being considered as war crimes, in regions such as the Ukraine, the Gaza Strip, Libya, and others; the spreading Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the crashing/shooting down of civilian airplanes; the continuing despicable acts by Boko Haram in Nigeria; thousands of children being held at the Mexican/US border after fleeing their drug-cartel dominated countries; and now here in California we are starting to see some large and out-of-control wildfires amidst terrible drought conditions.

The KZYX Backward Shuffle

Overcast skies on Monday, July 7th brought relief of the triple digit temperatures that had plagued inland residents over the weekend. The KZYX Board of Directors met that evening in an air conditioned room at…

Letters (July 30, 2014)

My doctor is Mark Apfel, wherever he may be practicing. If he is denied residency at the Boonville Clinic, I will no longer attend or support that institution and would encourage others to do the same.

Off the Record (July 30, 2014)

THE SAD SAGA of the Berry family, though extreme, seems to be the tip of a much larger problem, specifically the suspiciously large number of women being arrested for domestic assault. The numbers seem to…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, July 30, 2014

CPS Decisions;
Trickles Trickling;
Benefit Carnival;
Ellen Tinkler;
Studying Hippies;
Head Space;
Sheriff Reports;
Catch of the Day;
Best Cigarette;
Israel & Palestine;
College Registration;
Business Competition;
Greenwashing Destruction

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Springs Fire;
Berry Nightmare;
Manbeat Epidemic?;
KZYX Issues;
Ramblin' Jack;
Collins v Heilig;
Israeli Impunity;
Craig Contemplates Cali;
Capturing Moisture;
Free Money;
Gualala Demonstration;
County Budget Tour;
Catch of the Day

-