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Posts published in September 2017

Book Club, Ukiah

[Sep 27] Adults 21 & over are invited to join our monthly book club Wines & Spines. We meet at the newly reopened Ukiah Brewing Company on the last Wednesday evening of each month. Studies…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Sep. 7, 2017

Counselor Epstein;
Wheel Man;
Honey Oil;
McGarvey Park;
Teen Shooter;
Safeway Altercation;
Sexual Deviant;
Fort Navarro;
Reno Legal;
Catching Brockway;
Losak Money;
Little Dog;
Bailey Back;
Church Service;
Bank Art;
No Quiz;
Yesterday's Catch;
Banking;
Sexist;
Precious Hurricanes;
Government;
Ain't Misbehavin';
Plastic Water;
Social Security;
National Debt;
All Things;
Broadband Meeting;
F&G Meeting;
Manchester Mega-sale;
Coup;
Parenting;
Protect Salmon;
Bacon Book

Letters (Sep. 6, 2017)

As cannabis stumbles toward legalization in California, it seems like almost everyone's grown ganja this year. New plants appeared where there once were none, greenhouses mushroomed, and many older patches seemed to double or triple in size. For now, water trucks continue making their daily pilgrimages, and ramshackle fences strain to shield our eyes from the glorious green bounty, but as harvest time rolls in all indicators point to an unprecedented surplus of Cali-ka-zowie this year.

Drinking Water Tax In The Works

There’s a bill in the state Senate that if approved would impose for the first time in California a tax on public drinking water for both homes and businesses. SB 623, sponsored by Sen. Bill…

Bird’s Eye View (Sep. 6, 2017)

My fellow eating and drinking buddy, Steve Sparks, is planning to start up a new version of the very popular and useful AV Grange Newsletter, the Valley information sheet that stopped publication a few years…

If You’re Tired Of Reading About Cannabis…

If you’re tired of reading about cannabis, don’t expect relief anytime soon. Right now, we’re in the cannabis moment. The media here and around the U.S.A. can’t get enough stories about dope fiends, dabs and…

Jumping The Shark, But Keeping It Greene

If a team of tasteful, classy evaluators were to compile some sort of chart or graph or list of human entertainments, graded and categorized according to relative cultural value, I'm sure the top would be…

Philo-Greenwood Rd Closure

[Sep 18-Oct 10] The Mendocino County Department of Transportation has scheduled major repairs to a retaining wall on the Philo-Greenwood Road, or County Road 132, at MP .96. The road will be closed from MP…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2017

THREE TEENS SHOT (Mendocino County Sheriff's Office - Press Release) Crime/Incident: 664/187 PC [Attempted Murder] Location: Lake Mendocino Drive at Portlock Lane, Ukiah CA 95482 Date of Incident: 09/05/2017 Time: 6:39 PM Victim(s): 18 year…

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