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Posts published in “Day: October 25, 2017

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017

Robin Lindsey;
Where's Asha;
Dope Deal;
Quiz Night;
New Works;
Jail Expansion;
Foliage;
Rentier Gouging;
Coot Shoots;
Student Donations;
Little Dog;
Brook Wanted;
Honey Blast;
Whipple Booked;
Knight Driving;
Wife-Knifed;
Meth Man;
Purloined Purse;
Rough Babysitter;
Yesterday's Catch;
Electrical Fires;
Cannabis Resistance;
Empty Lives;
Stolen Art;
Pumpkin Party;
Seltzer Singalong;
Firestorm Survey;
Notorious Winds;
Tunnels Trumped;
Third Party;
Yes B;
Oswald;
Think Not

Letters (Oct. 25, 2017)

My wife and I slept through the entire night of the disaster until we were awakened by a neighbor at 7am while fires were raging all around us. We had no warning and could easily have been among those who died in their sleep.

Friction & Heat

Next Monday at their regular meeting the Fort Bragg City Council will consider a resolution adopting a Code of Civility as a new permanent feature…

Tomki Road Fire from 15870

A neighbor was rapping on our door knocker while my wife and I slept Sunday night. Philo, our eight month old Westy pup, too slept, assuming that the raucous activity would not interrupt our dreams. “Ed, you’d better get out here!” I got a bathrobe and opened the door. “Look over there!” I could see the night sky glowing red at the mountain rim horizon to the southeast, and also to the south. It was 1:30 am.

Zuzus, WhamWhams & The G-36

In a recent Letters column, a Mr. Tom Reier wrote in re: the linguistic impenetrability of Mr. Tone Dogg's tale of reggae and river shenanigans…

Fire Fire Burning Bright

According to Saint Anselm of Canterbury, while faith naturally precedes reason, reason can expand upon faith. Normally I don't rise monk-like in the chaste four a.m. dark to contemplate neo-Platonic Christian scripture, but these are irrational times: fires burn out of control in Redwood Valley and Santa Rosa, on-ramps are closed, the white masks commonly worn in Tokyo, Beijing and open heart surgery are impossible to find. I'm in San Anselmo, and must be at the Healdsburg printing press at 8:30 sharp to pick up the newly minted AVA.

Katy Perry’s Gastro-Pop, Gastro-Porn Orgy

Seated on psychedelic Rings of Saturn beneath an arena night sky strewn with planets, stars and galaxies, and herself kitted out in glittering silver wig…

Valley People (Oct. 25, 2017)

ABOUT 9:30 last Friday morning, as reported by the CHP, "A vehicle crashed into picnic tables and is now on the front lawn of the…

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