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Posts published in December 2015

Robert Bly: Film Tribute To A Radical

Poet Robert Bly, now 89 years old, is a radical, by which I mean he returns to the roots. Haydn Reiss has captured him in his new, moving film “Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of…

A Delightfully Cynical Christmas

It’s little wonder that Thanksgiving and Christmas are the number one and two movie-going days of the year. The reason for this burst of cinematic fervor is often ascribed to family tradition. If custom is…

Letters (Dec 30, 2015)

On the issue of the airport Timber Harvest Plan (THP, non industrial) it seems that folks the likes of Roger Sternberg, and Kendall Smith (unrelated to the airport) keep on going with their over the top costs and charges, based upon their own agendas. They may not be at fault in the big picture to have all of us pay their way; it is up to management (in this case, perhaps someone from or appointed by the Board of Supervisors.

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015

Low Temps;
Weather Shelter;
Voting Vows;
Minimum Wage;
Gopher Repellent;
Corporate Logos;
Yesterday's Catch;
Handcuffs Again;
Water-use Forms;
Burglars Busted;
Marijuana Regulation;
Fish Count;
Who Cares;
Cookbook Club;
Craig Ready

Supes Muddle On

At the December 15 Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Dan Hamburg raised a question during the review of the first quarter budget presentation: Hamburg: “When I was looking over these what really stands out in…

A Dead-End Year For West Coast Fish

Much of the abundance of Pacific Northwest forests, meadows, and waterways is due to the region's fisheries. Salmon, for example, are crucial to the health of river and stream communities. Their carcasses provide enormous quantities…

Valley People (Dec 30, 2015)

STUART CAMPBELL has functioned as KZYX's acting general manager since his soul bro, John Coate, more or less left the job. The prevailing assumption among station watchers was that Campbell was certain to get the…

Bird’s Eye View (Dec 30, 2015)

Hopefully you are enjoying the spirit of the Holidays and may I take this opportunity for Hummingbird and I to wish you and yours the very best of health and happiness for 2016. OK— that’s enough sloppy sentimentality for any Turkey Vulture to express, so let’s move swiftly on with a few insights and hard facts as to what is going on in the world, “out there” beyond them there hills.

Off the Record (Dec 30, 2015)

FORT BRAGG'S revived Taco Bell has customers lining up. Literally. And that's what strikes outsiders as odd, very odd. Why would non-starving people stand in line to get imitation Mexican junk food. But FB's Taco…

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