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…
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…
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Negative Energy;
Little Dog;
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Overlook Maintenance;
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Puff Finance;
Helping Hands;
Yesterday's Catch;
Defense Money;
Shredding Event;
Ukiah Speedway;
Donald Shot;
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21 Trillion;
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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…
IN MY MANY YEARS in Mendo — I arrived with the Class of 1970, the Back to the Landers, aka hippies — local elections have…
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…
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…
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…