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Posts published in “Day: February 15, 2017

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017

Upcoming Rain;
Necessary Ruffing;
Life Support;
Fiscal Boobery;
Fiasco Annotatated;
Recommended Viewing;
Gomes Appreciation;
Little Dog;
Ukiah Co-op;
Bomb Threat;
Armed Stoners;
Yesterday's Catch;
Stroshane Book;
Trickle Up;
Poetry Event;
Janssen Book;
Imperiled Rivers;
Revolutionary Moment;
Hate Speech;
Help Wanted;
Oil Lobby

Shapiro vs. Sausalito

A yellow dredge sat scuttled in Richardson Bay, less than 100 yards south of the Napa St. pier, and about the same distance from the shoreline and the Sausalito Cruising Club. It was a barge with huge steel tanks for flotation, a wooden deck and 2-story superstructure.

Vaccines & Trumpism

Let's talk about vaccines for a bit — even though doing so in public forums always risks going down a rabbit hole of anti-science, conspiracy theories, and endless random nuttiness.

Against Chinese Immigration

Last week's piece concluded with information about the rising tide of anti-Chinese attitudes in Mendocino County and the entire West during the late 1870s. By…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017

Gressett Letter;
More Rain;
County Finance;
Free Sandbags;
Little Dog;
Hospitality Questions;
County Museum;
Productivity;
Oroville Response;
FB Surprises;
Glass Beach;
Off Roadway;
ATF Notice;
Yesterday's Catch;
Senator Quisling;
Fuzzy Totalitarianism;
Coming Artrocities;
County Vacancies;
Family Planning;
Delusional Billionaires;
Come a'Thistling;
CEO Reports;
Gardening Series;
Man Excluded;
Comfortably Numb;
Any Day Now

Mendo Goes To Pot, Again

The latest installment of the long running saga of marijuana regulation in Mendoland played out before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday Feb. 7. The…

Letters (Feb. 15, 2017)

Bruce -

This is exactly what I meant by clueless! I didn't expect you to agree with the lawsuit, only that you have a clue about what it's for. Being taxed is not the reason for the lawsuit. I already signed on to taxes as a proponent of Heritage.

Wes Murphy’s Assault Rifle

It was a hard-hearted jury last week that turned a deaf ear to most of the pleadings of Wesley Murphy’s lawyer, public defender Jonathan Opet. The jury refused to believe that Mr. Murphy was only a homeless vagabond who merely needed a warm place to sleep and a roof over his head in the wet weather when he was found in a trailer with 172 pounds of market-ready Mendo Purple and a fully loaded AR-15 assault rifle.

Off the Record (Feb. 15, 2017)

RECOMMENDED WALKS, Frisco Division: Specifically, turn right at the city end of the Golden Gate Bridge, park any old place in the abundant free lots for the next quarter mile and walk on! You'll soon be treading the bluffs above the ocean, but the more adventurous (and fit) will enjoy the fairly well-maintained trails running parallel to the pavement down below, just above the breakers which, at this time of year, are spectacular.

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