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Posts published in February 2017

Variety Show

[Mar 3, 4] It’s that time of year again, the Anderson Valley Grange’s 26th annual Variety Show is, as always, the first weekend in March.  This Friday the third, and Saturday March forth, I mean…

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 the autumn of 1878 the sentiment had spread across the…

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