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Posts published in January 2018

Mountain Aligning

My friend Fred works for the Mountain Lion Foundation. Can't have a foundation without mountain lions so we must be doing something right here in California. Fred's official title has to do with legal and…

50 Cent, Bitcoin & the New Gospel of Wealth

50 Cent is 42, barely out bankruptcy and rich as sin. His pal Bitcoin turned 9 earlier this month; 17 million have been conjured from the ether (not to be confused with one of its…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018

Eel Diversion;
B Framework;
Little Dog;
Ed Notes;
Blood Moon;
Blue Meadow;
Solar Power;
Yesterday's Catch;
Marijuana Taxes;
An Embarrassment;
Money Please;
The Vamp;
Hills;
Mortgage Deduction;
Messenger Kids;
Flu Epidemic;
Tweetseat;
Coup Attempt;
Trestle;
Women's March;
Rainy Windows;
Idiocracy

Farmers Convergence

[Feb 20, 21] Rigewood Ranch, Willits, CA This annual event brings together food producers from Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties, along with local agencies and organizations that serve the food and farming community of…

Bird’s Eye View (Jan. 31, 2018)

My fellow eating and drinking buddy, Steve Sparks, has launched the new version of the very popular and useful Grange Newsletter, the Valley information sheet that stopped publication a few years ago.

Jeb Bush Comes To California

Jeb Bush was in town lecturing last week. Remember him during the Republican presidential debates? The guy on the left with the hip rimless glasses and the perpetually stunned look on his face? At first…

Mendo’s All-Time Chomo

Matthew McCarthy had been scheduled for jury trial seven times and always managed to get out of it because he was reluctant, to say the least, to have the two girls he’d been molesting take…

Swingin’ Boonville Band

[Feb 17] The Swingin Boonville Big Band, formed in the year 2000 as an AV Adult Ed. class, will return to Lauren’s Cafe in Boonville on Saturday February 17th. This is the 18th annual show…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018

K Discussion;
Snake Left;
David McGowan;
Dennis Peron;
Lunar Eclipse;
Money Radio;
Find Rocket;
Shanahan Fire;
Boonville General;
Swing Band;
Crown Vics;
Wrongful Termination;
Manson Contacts;
Little Dog;
PC Posturing;
Instant Moron;
Blahut Famous;
Stepped Out;
Bridge Exhibit;
Police Reports;
Yesterday's Catch;
Robert Parry;
Complete Corruption;
Scandal Circus;
Unhappiness Epidemic;
Here's Why;
Ukiah Unified;
Cooking Adventures;
Osprey;
Art Walk;
Young Authors;
Unintelligentsia;
Talk!;
Debris Cleanup

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