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Posts published in December 2017

“Old Christmas” by Washington Irving

Chapter One. Christmas. There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of former times. They recall the pictures my…

Fire Recovery Meeting

[Jan 17] Rebuilding 101 and Trees/Vegetation Management – On January 17, 2018, the Mendocino County Fire Recovery Team will hold a community meeting to support fire survivors impacted by the Redwood Complex Fire. The County…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Dec. 22, 2017

Hostage Episode;
Sandy Pronsolino;
Warming Temps;
Girl;
Museum Archives;
Candy;
Ed Notes;
Pinches In;
Brush Pimp;
Callous Crime;
Stoner Alert;
Faulty Wiring;
Little Dog;
Sako's In;
Reservoir;
Bit Mania;
West Weak;
Age Discrimination;
Kinky;
Mistletoe;
Tolerance;
Misused Millions;
Climate Carolers;
Grinching;
You Lost;
SS Solvent;
Trillions;
Net Neutrality;
Gifting

Teen Book Club

Bibliotherapy Book Club for Teens (12-18) meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 4pm: January 16th February 20th March 20th April 17th May 15th June 19th July 17th Sept. 18th Oct. 16th Nov. 20th Dec.…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017

Decision Makers;
Boonville Lights;
The Farrers;
1880 Schools;
Navarro Rising;
Gun Incident;
Albion Bridges;
Little Dog;
Outlaw Mentality;
Weed Tweaks;
Holy Abortion;
Tree;
No Quiz;
Jobs;
The Browns;
Oligarch's Plan;
Fainbow;
Dangerous Driving;
CannaStress;
Yesterday's Catch;
Stein Haters;
Auto Cad;
Public Health;
Workshop;
Tax Scam

Letters (Dec. 20, 2017)

At a recent hearing with Supervisors Hamburg and McCowen, the proposed changes to our Class K ordinance were discussed and members of the public were allowed to comment. The supervisors have been gathering information to support or challenge the changes. Out of approximately 12 speakers, only one was for the changes (North Coast Builders Exchange). The rest argued for the continued use of Class K, unaltered. The changes proposed would basically gut the ordinance, requiring many of the code requirements which make building a home so expensive today.

The Goat Island Mystery

At one time early in the twentieth century Fort Bragg, California, was home to three dozen whore houses at the same time. The most unusual of these sat on an island, a roughly drawn line…

Bird’s Eye View (Dec. 20, 2017)

It’s the holiday season and the end of yet another year just around the corner. What happened to 2017? It was just beginning and now it’s about to end. It would appear that, just like…

DA Says No to New Courthouse

MENDOCINO COUNTY DA DAVID EYSTER is emphatically opposed to a new County Courthouse. Alone among the County’s elected officials in his opposition to the project, which would re-locate superior courtrooms four long blocks east of…

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