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Posts published in December 2014

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014

Ban Adjustments;
CPUC Peevey;
Hands-on Reporter;
Click Bait;
Legless Pigs;
Theodore Galletti;
Stoner Nation;
Fun with Animals;
Industrial Might;
The Trigger;
Washington Square Park;
Catch of the Day;
Police Reports;
Humans v Corporations

Valley People (Dec 30, 2014)

RON SCHRYER has died. A long time resident of the Anderson Valley, Ron, in his middle 70s, lived on Hutsell Road, Boonville. He was the former brother-in-law of late Bruce Hering. GREENWOOD WEST TO ELK…

Mendocino Talking: Todd Walton

I started writing stories when I was six. My first stories were essentially transcriptions of stories I had invented and told to my friends and classmates. I knew from the get go I would have to practice writing, just as one practices a musical instrument, in order to get good at writing stories. By the time I was ten, writing had taken a backseat to sports. I was a total jock until I was fifteen and severely crippled by a disease called ankylosing spondylitis.

The First Hippie

When the rain let up and the sun went down, it started to get cold out. The soggy skies had kept it somewhat milder and sleeping out in the park was OK. Not great, but…

New York’s Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter, the now immortal New York Yankee. I add in New York because that's where I grew up, a blue blooded, pinstriped Yankee fan. But fear not, I've lived a longer life here in…

Pint Arena’s New City Manager

Last week I visited Point Arena City Hall because the new City Manager and secretary weren’t answering their phones. I asked for a few chapters out of the City’s Muni-Code, and had a few more…

Off the Record (Dec 30, 2014)

WHAT WOULD VERN have done? The Fort Bragg basketball tourney is named after the late Vern Piver who, for many years, dedicated himself to youth sports, and when I invoke the overused and often misapplied…

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