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Posts published in September 2015

The Middletown Fire

http://www.mercurynews.com/california-wildfires/ci_28813588/family-recounts-harrowing-hours-before-being-rescued-from

Hooray for the Hollywood Hills

Walking the Cahuenga Peak trail to the Hollywood Sign is a moderate climb with spectacular views of L.A.'s endless sprawl.

Betty The Riveter Has Died

Born August 10th, 1925, she has had her gravesite and headstone in place ever since she lost her first husband a train wreck, 1954. While…

A Lady Always Knows When To Leave

When my daughter was nine days shy of her 13th birthday, she succumbed to pediatric cancer. We had some inkling since birth that she could…

One Man’s Experience

My first experience as a mental health client was at age 24 when I moved into a residential treatment house in Davis for mental health…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Sep 17, 2015

Valley Fire Progress;
Fair Weather;
Evacuation Arrests;
HHSA in Candyland;
Yard & Food Waste;
Cannabis Women;
Love Spat;
Boont 72;
Aborted Burglary;
Yesterday's Catch;
Historical Overthrows;
Brown Not Green;
Egg Farming;
Admonished & Granted

Refugees

Hundreds of thousands of refugees from the ongoing wars in the Middle East have walked and are walking to Western Europe. Thousands of Africans have traveled through Spain into France and reached Calais where they hope to walk or ride through the tunnel under the English Channel to get to England. Thousands of Libyans and Tunisians have crossed the Mediterranean in boats, hoping to find food and shelter in Greece and Italy and Spain.

Fort Bragg’s Civil War

Last week PBS re-broadcast Ken Burns' landmark documentary The Civil War. Monday, September 14th, Fort Bragg played out its version at the City Council meeting.

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