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Posts published in “Day: April 29, 2015

Eyster v. Ten Pounds In a Midnight Yukon

Pulled over and asked to step out of the car. Spread-eagled against the vehicle. First, one arm and then the other pulled behind you as you're snapped into the handcuffs. Why? Plastic cover over your…

Off the Record (Apr 29, 2015)

ONE OF THE FISHERMEN who died in that terrible Bodega Bay boating accident two weekends ago was Richard Hargreaves Jr., 59. Richard Hargreaves Sr. spent many years as a union rep at the Fort Bragg…

Valley People (Apr 29, 2015)

LARRY LOMBARD, of Airport Estates, Boonville, has died.  Along with Michael Dilley, Mr. Lombard founded Feather Lite Inc. and Aero Lite Products Inc. based at the Ukiah airport where a staff of 5-9 people manufactured…

Going into the City…

Back in the days right after the extinction of the dinosaurs, when I was still new to New York City, it was a pretty frequent thing to spot Robert Christgau riding his crappy-looking bike around…

Big PhRMA Seeks Stoner Cred

Candy Bergen has just published a memoir called "A Fine Romance." According to the New York Times, the actress "parses the nation’s infatuation with the CBS sitcom 'Murphy Brown,' in which she starred for a…

Wine of the Week: 2012 Goldeneye Pinot Noir

Backstory: Confluence Vineyard was always George H. Bush’s preferred single vineyard Pinot from Goldeneye, and the year before I worked harvest there, the last thing the interns got paid to do was handbottle and wax…

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