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Posts published in July 2018

Hospital Recount Ends (and Hardin v. Coast Hospital et al)

Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH) has survived a recount of its narrow victory margin (2/3 vote requirement) for a parcel tax. The revenue from that tax should bring in an additional $1.5 – $1.7 million…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Chava Found;
Neva Grateful;
Old Timer;
Little Dog;
Supes Watch;
Ed Notes;
Costco Opening;
PG&E Bill;
Fratricide Victim;
Yesterday's Catch;
GOOM Amazon;
Labor History;
Supreme Retainer;
K9 Vest;
Voter Remorse;
Giant-Peach Auditions;
Li'l Sprouts;
Tunnels Protest;
Fahrenheit 11/9

Supes Notes

WE NOTED this pointed sentence in the Library Advisory Board’s report to the Supes on next week’s Board of Supervisors agenda: “Apparently the County was unaware until last year that the Museum had a problem…

Firebug Held To Answer

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Judge Clayton Brennan in a Ukiah courtroom, but he was on the bench during a preliminary hearing last week and he’s to be commended for refusing, although the…

Off the Record (July 11, 2018)

CHRIS SKYHAWK, candidate for 5th District supervisor suffered a nearly fatal stroke on Tuesday, June 26th and was flown out of Fort Bragg to Stanford where he remains hospitalized but improved enough to soon be moved to a rehab facility. Cards and letters can be sent to him at P.O. Box 127, Albion 95410. 

Prohibition Shenanigans

Ever heard of a wine block or a grape brick? While working on the history of Mendocino County I’m writing I was trying to establish if any wineries in this county tried producing these objects.…

Valley People (July 11, 2018)

NO ERROR is more regrettable than a botched obituary, and I truly regret failing to have written that Cindy Fashauer is the mother of the late Jason Abbott, a young man sorely missed by everyone…

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