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Posts published in December 2017

Shelter: A Perspective

“Human beings are the only species on the planet who have inflicted on their own species the need to buy, rent, or beg for their natural niches, their own living space. Every other species has…

My Life As A Cat Named Chowder

I was working as assistant chowdermaster in Mendocino County's worst seafood restaurant, which shall of course remain nameless. I have no desire to interfere with anyone's livelihood, particularly someone as well-meaning and earnest in their…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017

Branding FB;
Frog March;
Unresponsive;
Ambulance Skimming;
Figs;
SuperRisers;
Candidate Elizondo;
Ed Notes;
Little Dog;
Shelter Opens;
Holiday Plans;
Joyful;
Farm Report;
Aliens;
Yesterday's Catch;
Fox Sex;
Trumpersticker;
Ojai Ring;
Corktop Legislation;
Another Bubble;
Mesa;
Sales Job;
Fire Recovery;
Russia Probe;
Pissednecks;
Craig Taxed

My Father’s One-Liners

Several things my father said repeatedly occur to me. The first piece of useful information I recall him passing along, was "Hold your sleeves" when putting on a second or third layer of clothing.  I…

Measure B: Here We Go Again

Properly sensing that some members of the public (and the AVA) are skeptical about spending tens of thousands of dollars for a professional “needs assessment,” (as discussed by the Board of Supervisors last month), Sheriff…

Valley People (Dec. 20, 2017)

IT WAS positively inspiring to see so many Anderson Valley people at a recent meeting of the Board’s Public Health, Safety, and Resources Standing Committee (made up of just John McCowen and Dan Hamburg) to…

Summer of 72

My friends and I were renting an old farmhouse in Solsbury, Indiana for $45 a month, ice cream cones were five cents in the little store down the road. I was almost eighteen and felt…

Off the Record (Dec. 20, 2017)

NO SOONER had Ted Williams announced that he'd be a candidate for 5th District supervisor, a caller left this message on our nut screener: "Another doper in the 5th seat? No way." Click. WE THINK…

Home Invasion Victim Fights Back

62-year old Janette Krigian lives west of Laytonville on Branscomb Road and, as a tough guy from Oakland recently discovered, “the lady has a lot of balls.” This is what D’Wan Porter-Walker, 20, of Oakland,…

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