The first I knew of it, on the last day of the year, about 11pm, in a gently falling rain, a Coast Guard HH 65 rescue helicopter pounded down the Noyo River headed for the…
Posts published in January 2017
A small town priest is killed. A suspect is apprehended. Then all hell breaks loose.
Between Storms;
Woodhouse Resigns;
Attempted Murder;
DA Award;
Pleasing Dad;
Skaggs Springs;
Little Dog;
Bypass Effects;
Undercover Transient;
Nelson Retires;
Standing Rock;
Yesterday's Catch;
Democratic Stables;
Laminated Timber;
Criminal Neighbor;
Cornball Empire;
Three Poets;
Broadband Meeting;
Hyperreality;
Deadbeat Treat;
Dam Release
MOST ENCOURAGING ELECTION: Fort Bragg City Council, Mayor Lindy Peters. LEAST ENCOURAGING: Point Arena where city councils new and old think a part-time city manager at $50,000 a year is necessary to run a town…
Just south of Healdsburg on the east side of Highway 101 was the Campbell Ranch. Almost every resident of Healdsburg and many on the North Coast knew the ranch with the friendly two-story house sitting…
So many cubes of braised tofu, countless Hunan broccoli specials; turned out they could legitimately be written off and called research. Frequenting of Sino-American eateries, from an IRS perspective, had been strictly recreational — until…
In my mind’s eye, I see Jerry running along the fence line, snapping at the tolerant Malamute neighbor. An incongruous pair, Jerry is a 12-pound short-legged Jack Russell with a coat somewhere between broken and…