There are thousands of smart people in this country poring over the financial facts, straining to accurately predict business trends. Nowhere is that future murkier than in California’s nascent marijuana business, fully legal now in…
Posts published in May 2018
Election Day approaches (Tuesday, June 5) and one race causing particular interest in these parts is that for the position of County Superintendent of Schools. This sees current AV Superintendent, Michelle Hutchins, running against Bryan Barrett, a fifty-year resident of the County and former teacher.
Mendocino Coast District Hospital's (MCDH) Board of Directors has canceled its monthly Planning Committee meeting for May. It strikes this observer as odd to cancel a chance to express a clear vision of future planning…
Patter-Bombed;
Motorcycle Fatality;
Secret Meetings;
Negative Energy;
Little Dog;
Flower Exhibits;
Overlook Maintenance;
AVA Recommends;
Ed Notes;
Huff's Endorsement;
For Skyhawk;
For Juhl;
Puff Finance;
Helping Hands;
Yesterday's Catch;
Defense Money;
Shredding Event;
Ukiah Speedway;
Donald Shot;
Bloody Gina;
Stupid People;
Natural Wine;
Recovery Meeting;
Shooting Unarmed;
21 Trillion;
Congressman Caffrey;
Libraries Good;
Jared's Checklist;
Spantsa's Secrets;
Human Kindness;
County Vacancies;
Sexual Harassment
The murder trial last week for Steven Ryan, 64, ended with a “lesser-included” verdict, hugely favorable to the defendant even though an eyewitness said the young black man, De'Shaun Davis, was on his knees with…
IN MY MANY YEARS in Mendo — I arrived with the Class of 1970, the Back to the Landers, aka hippies — local elections have been lone wolf affairs, people running for this or that…
ONE SHOCK after another in the Anderson Valley last week. First Christine Lopiccolo runs off the road and dies when her car hits a tree at Navarro. And then last night (Tuesday) Paula Kesenheimer dies…
On a scale of one to ten, I admit that when it comes to governance, my confidence in the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors is zero. Nada cum zilch. For decades, county roads have equaled…
Growing up in Anderson Valley in the late 1950s and 1960s meant learning a few skills, maybe not for everyone, but certainly for my siblings and me. We were living at my parent’s summer camp,…