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Posts published in November 2016

Roving Chocolatiers

Recent news about the sand bar at the mouth of the Navarro River blocking the stream so thoroughly that Highway 128 remained flooded by the backed up waters sent me searching through the 1879 archives…

No Biz Like Showbiz

“Hey Weinstein”, says Zuckerman, his wannabe director Monte Nido neighbor one sparkling summer Sunday, “I’ve got a commercial to shoot out in the desert. It’s for a Mexican brandy client, La Rosa Fina. I need…

Boo Hoo

America didn’t get what it expected, but perhaps it got what it deserved, good and hard. Daddy’s in the house and he busted straight into the nursery and now the little ones are squalling in…

(Political) Climate

Faced with a crummy time in the McCarthyite and Cold War 1950s here’s what some of us did. The American mood was apocalyptic. LA was ringed with nuclear tipped Nike missiles. We more or less…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016

McGhan Resolved;
New KZYGM;
Immigration Policy;
Talmage Buddhists;
Church Drowning;
Little Dog;
Armed Robberies;
Woodhouse Option;
Sanctuary City;
Redwood Classic;
KZYX Report;
Previous Catch;
Fourth Turning;
I'm Jack;
Standing Rock;
Mushroom Class;
Decommissioning Dams;
Pianist Concert;
Burning Ship;
Inspector Calls;
Unalloyed Bliss;
Election 2016;
Local Painting;
Smartest Prez;
Death Devours;
Subterranean Standards;
Trump U;
Big Dog;
Ukiah Symphony

Care-a-Van, Laytonville

[Dec 18] The Mendocino County Animal Care Services Care-a-Van will be in Laytonville Sunday, Dec. 18 from 10am - 2pm at the Fire Hall on Willis Avenue...

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Nov. 21, 2016

River Silt;
Woodhouse Situation;
Keegan Remarries;
Stoner Klan;
McGhan Jeopardy;
Willits Weekly Adjudication;
Little Dog;
The Rag;
Mall Rat;
Train Scam;
Local History Books;
Election Reactions;
Library Holiday;
Identity Politics;
Elector Petition;
Who/What is Sentient?

Ben Franklin: An American Bird

An American Bird     Some object to the bald eagle as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative…

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