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Posts published in September 2017

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…

An Isolated Incident

During the evening of August 14th a twenty year old woman named Morgan Franklin, from Big Bear, CA, appeared at the emergency room (ER) of Mendocino Coast Hospital (MCDH), apparently having been driven there by…

Headhunters Coming To Fort Bragg (Really)

I barely got to enjoy the rough dismissal of Fort Bragg city manager Linda Ruffing from her three grand a week job when I learned that the city intends to fill the vital office of…

Back In The DDR

Organists have long been present at, indeed participants in, great political events:  the 759 Byzantine delegation from Constantinople to the French court of Pippin the Great, the diplomatic mission that is said to have reintroduced…

A Lone Pine View

Worth more than any blinking traffic light, it guided folks for years. It told them where they were and how to get to where they were going. It stood alone, overlooking Boonville, like a sentry…

Duets

Funny how things will stick in one's memory. The bit on Sacco and Vanzetti in a recent AVA column reminded me of other infamous duos from the dark distant past that have stayed with me…

Off the Record (Sep. 6, 2017)

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. Fred Gardner writes: Justin B., 19, has always been a bicycle person. He works at a bike store in Salem, Oregon and takes long road trips with friends whenever he…

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