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Posts published in “Year: 2017

Deregulation, PG&E, and the Fires

PG&E is now under investigation by state authorities trying to determine whether the electrical monopoly’s power lines played a role in igniting Northcoast wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 43 people. Both the…

Fort Bragg Ad Hoc Committee Goes Dark

I showed up Friday afternoon at the Hostility Center (Old Coast Hotel) down on Franklin Street looking for a story. I wanted to ask what Hospitality Center knew about this year's Emergency Winter Shelter. The…

A Brief History Of Fire In The West

When I was a youngster in the late 1950s a series of thick foggy evenings meant my father would usually conclude supper with the comment, “Good night to burn.” My older sisters and I armed…

Disaster Assistance Deadline

[Dec 11] Survivors of the October 2017 wildfires have just a few days left to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster assistance and to apply for a low-interest disaster loan from…

Zombies In The Orchard

I was walking down the Talmage road one afternoon in late summer/early fall, about an hour before dusk, if memory serves. As I recall, the light had begun to take on its characteristic pre-crepuscular weight.…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017

Early Returns;
Logo Arrested;
Gibbons Review;
Covering Ash;
Humco Scene;
Cannabis Adventure;
Little Dog;
Ed Notes;
Keystruck;
Homeless Groper;
Stalin Bios;
Yesterday's Catch;
Earth Destroyers;
Free Speech;
Billionaire Relief;
Times Past;
Mushroom Workshops;
Cannabis Banking;
Identity Politics;
Broadband Advocacy;
Glass Art;
The Quarrel;
Heroes/Patriots;
Holy Unruly

Courthouse Rotates The Tires

The County Courthouse is in a state of change, a bustling mass of lawyers moving in many different directions. The seething flux and flow includes several lawyers who have left the Office of the Public…

Off the Record (Nov. 8, 2017)

THERE WERE 17 of us watching the Supervisors last Tuesday morning, some of whom will surely agree that Tammy Moss Chandler and Nash Gonzales are doing a truly excellent job expediting the County's end of…

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