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Posts published in July 2017

The Value of Everything

We are looking more and more like France on the eve of its revolution in 1789. Our classes are distributed differently, but the inequity is…

The Brilliance of Velasquez

It there’s one comfort to be had in the mad scrum of high summer tourism it is that the crowds can still be escaped, even…

Letters (July 26, 2017)

David Severn's article, Stealing Sam's Land documents his slanted perspective of the controversy. With the addition of a few facts to the narrative a different picture emerges. There was no theft of land and to say so is a gross misstatement. In 1910 Dr. C.O. Edwards who previously owned Brian's land purchased an easement to use all of the water in a canyon from the prior owner of Sam's land, the easement running with the land and binding on successive owners and binding upon Sam.

Hospitality Hearing

[Aug 23] The Fort Bragg Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 6:00 PM at Town Hall, 363 N.…

The Empire Slouches On

At a New York museum last week I noticed two objects on exhibit, one of them a mirror, the other a camera that was focused…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Hospitality Violation;
FB Deficit;
Gitlin Shelter;
Little Dog;
Invisible Deal;
Correspondence;
AVCSD Hire;
Philo Warning;
Farm Produce;
Jury Trial;
Renter Assistance;
Emergency Training;
Dealmakers;
Lakeside Talks;
Power Bills;
Yesterdays' Catches;
Vietnam Encore;
Old Age;
Travelogue 4;
Looking Back;
Musical Chicago;
Recognizing Farmworkers;
Delta Docs;
Library Events

Coast Hospital: Unresponsive

The electronic medical records of Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH) were the subject of a computer cyber attack in June. Apparently the hospital's administrative leadership…

Fort Bragg Notes

The elected government of the City of Fort Bragg is loaded for bear and going after Hostility House. The flagship operation of Mendocino Coast Hospitality…

A Curable Romantic?

The Thessalonian Catrell Love case is finally going to jury trial, but the pretrial motions took up a lot of the court’s time last week,…

Valley People (July 26, 2017)

JENNIFER AZZI, the famous Stanford and Olympic gold medal basketball player was in town last week presiding over a basketball clinic in the Boonville gym for male and female student athletes from around the county. Ms. Azzi’s week-long hoops camp was sponsored by the Miner-Anderson family at whose Boonville ranch Ms. Azzi made her home while she was in town.

Bird’s Eye View (July 26, 2017)

Work continues on a new restaurant going into the building in downtown Philo that until six months ago had been the home of Libby’s Restaurant for sixteen years. The kind of eatery has yet to be announced but rumors abound about a quality breakfast/diner establishment that the Valley lacks at this point. Steak and eggs? Corned beef hash and eggs? Served at 8am? Such simple pleasures made America great! Can somebody just take care of this, please?

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