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!
Posts published in November 2017
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 1957. It’s a 736-page treasure with charts, maps and photos…
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 San Quentin alumni who had ambushed and killed two members…
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 York with another friend from Philly to spend the weekend…
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 Redwood Valley. CALFIRE Chief George Gonzales is assisting Mendocino County…
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 are. All you need is a little hocus-pocus, abracadabra, and…
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 customers when he walked up to District Attorney David Eyster…
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 Fairgrounds in the 1970s and 80s. Some of us will…
This Saturday night/Sunday morning is the end of Daylight Saving Time. If you’re wise like myself (?), you’ll turn your clocks back and get an extra hour in bed! Let’s begin this week with heartfelt…