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Posts published in “Year: 2017

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017

Freezing;
Panther Basketball;
Sheltering Homeless;
Federal Sweeps;
Suspect Roundup;
Democratic Leadership;
Little Dog;
Correspondents' Dinner;
Boot Camp;
Polk Award;
Yesterday's Catch;
KZYX Issues;
Home Solar;
Mendocino Theatre;
Library Events;
Considering Leaves;
Old Things;
FBI Snitch;
Football Decision;
Willits Hub;
Environmental Defense;
Questionnaire;
Marco Radio;
Ten Mile

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017

175 Open;
FB Dioxins;
Bond-Graham Polk;
Little Dog;
Massey Interview;
Extreme Funding;
Variety Show;
Science Fair;
UVSD Outrage;
Recreational Enforcement;
Rainville Appeal;
Yesterday's Catch;
Cultural Loss;
Earthquake Weather;
Immigration Arrests;
The Realist;
Citizenship;
Boundary Pushing;
Our Side;
Wildlife Films;
MCBG Events;
Dam Repair;
Media Ban;
PA Agenda

The Mongols Say Hello

"From the King of Kings in the East and the West, the mighty Khan: In your name, O God, You who laid out the earth…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Feb. 24, 2017

Storm Damage;
Flood Memory;
Caltrans Repairs;
Grace Pinoli;
Blackbird Yurts;
Augie Busted;
Panther Playoffs;
Basurto Case;
Immigration Statement;
News Sources;
Yesterday's Catch;
Tort Law;
Western Secession;
Therapy Truck;
Rhododendron Propagation;
Broadband Update;
Corporate Control

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017

Wet Week;
Peachland Washout;
Outlaw Hills;
Orr Springs Road Closed;
Highway Re-openings;
Marijuana Budgeting;
Yesterday's Catch;
Low Cunning;
Conservative Bible;
The Quarrel;
ukiaHaiku Festival;
Gardening Classes;
Mendocino Land Trust;
Little Dog;
Shocking Poverty;
Sports;
Steelhead Study

Erudition

In the tertulias of times past, there was always a scholar who knew everything. He remembered names, faces, dates, and data with absolute precision thanks to his privileged memory which was nourished by voluminous, diverse, and at times, useless reading. Any argument would ultimately appeal to him to act as the Court of Appeals.

Why The Lights Go Out Again & Again & Again

Early January. Big storm, lots of rain; the electricity goes off for four days. I'm not home. I'm traveling. I return a few days later…

Hospitality & Ruffing

How do you top the story of the Fort Bragg City Council approving an ordinance that provides for cannabis manufacturing within the industrial zones of…

Bird’s Eye View (Feb. 22, 2017)

On Friday’s Real Time episode on HBO, Bill Maher called for a new slogan for these wild times: “Make America Learn Again.” Pointing out the…

Policing Mendocino County

In this interview, Deputy Orell Massey, Mendocino County’s first and only black deputy, looks back... Midnight Rambler Incident — I was on patrol one night…

The Sound Of Your Own Heels

There is a popular expression — among the sort of unimaginative types who continually recycle "witticisms" until any acuity they may once have had has…

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