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Posts published in June 2016

Fort Bragg Manhunt

Another take on the true crime drama chronicled in a fine volume written by the AVA's own Stephen Sparks and Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman in "Out There In The Woods." https://story.californiasunday.com/aaron-bassler-fort-bragg-manhunt

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, June 4, 2016

Excessive Heat;
V Nutshell;
Bernie Cloverdale;
Assistant DA;
Against W;
Remo Visit;
Great Owls;
OMG Transition;
Sweeting Case;
Sheriff Request;
Trash Cleanup;
Transfer Station;
Helpful Hippies;
Legalization Considerations;
Police Report;
Yesterday's Catch;
Clinton Profiteering;
Truth;
Cheating Donald;
Community Foundation;
Science Challenges;
The Bundle;
Golden Birthday

The Revolution is How: Curry and Thompson as Marx, Engels and Lenin

As a sage once said: "In basketball, as in life, take who takes you." And if you can shoot like Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson, take every open 30-footer you can; but only after spending virtually every waking minute of your life practicing, not watching bro TV and eating bro buffalo wings.

Mendocino County Today: Friday, June 3, 2016

Kuny Donations;
Mountainfire Returns;
Forest Appeal;
Terry Lyon;
PA Vermin;
Offshore Fracking;
Bern Cloverdale;
SMART Notes;
CA Primary;
Last Chance;
58 Felons;
More ZYX;
Mentally Ill;
Elevated Perspective;
Cancer Resource;
Provisional Ballots;
Pet Specials;
Hedged Endorsement;
Hobson's Election;
For W;
Yesterday's Catch;
The Numbers

More Real Hope, Less Obfuscating Dope

Put your putter down and free Snowden and Manning, Mr. President. As Martin Luther King said, "The time is always right to do what's right."

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, June 2, 2016

Weather Shift;
Initiative Signatures;
SMART Questions;
Phone Menus;
Counytryclub Guv;
Freeze Gun;
SF Budget;
Paper Chase;
Neighborhood Watch;
Yesterday's Catch;
Movie Night;
Deer Business;
Tyrants;
Pets!;
Deep Radio;
Top Two;
Kill Anything;
Internet Porn;
War Racket;
Benefit Dinner;
Tunnels Testimony;
Paved Paradise;
Bicoastal Craig

Words Alone

I am surrounded by words: Newspapers, magazines, and mailings of all sorts mess up my desk, which is really just the southwest corner of this ranch house's kitchen. When there is no company, no visitors,…

AV Panthers’ Stellar Year

A very special era in Anderson Valley boys athletics is ending at graduation on June 9th, 2016. Unlike our local North Coast Leauge (NCL) 3, I grew up in a town where there were 2500…

A Legacy of Buffoonery

It had all the earmarks of being a classic boy-meets-girl episode, and I think it unfair to assign any blame to me for the way things turned out. You may as well blame the springtime,…

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