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Posts published in November 2017

Letters (Nov. 1, 2017)

We are writing to encourage our community to vote for Measure B on the November ballot. Measure B will allow Mendocino County to address and improve mental health services, and set us as an example for the rest of the state!

Mendocino Mineral Madness

While researching Mendocino County’s geology as I prepare to write a 150-year history of Mendocino County I was re-reading “Mineral Commodities Of California” published in…

19th Century Mendo Dentistry

At this time of year in 1879 Mendocino County was consumed with news regarding what came to be called “The Mendocino Outlaws,” a band of…

Visiting Friends In New York & Philadelphia

Later this week I’m flying to Philadelphia to visit friends that just moved there from Brittany, in France.  Then I’ll be driving up to New…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017

DEBRIS CLEANUP PROGRAM REDWOOD VALLEY COMMUNITY MEETING On October 30, the County’s Fire Recovery Team started the stabilization process for the Tomki Road area in…

Gandalf’s Grenades

We often hear it said that Mendocino County is this wondrous place where each day starts anew and you can be whoever you say you…

Off the Record (Nov. 1, 2017)

QUITE A SCENE last Friday at the Wells Fargo Bank, Ukiah. A bellicose young man in a retro tie-dye shirt startled a lobby full of…

Valley People (Nov. 1, 2017)

WE ARE SADDENED to learn that Bernice Clow has died, wife of the late Jim Clow. Jim Clow was manager of the Boonville Fair and…

Giant Grant Score for Parents & Friends

The Fort Bragg City Council met October 23, in a fast-moving session that gave away $3 million bucks to the richest not for profit in…

Gettin’ Messed With By Texas

When I moved to Texas back in 1981, the first thing that struck me about the state, after the stifling heat, humidity, and lack of…

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