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Posts published in July 2018

Mendo v. Schnaubelt

Last year a Fort Bragg distiller named John Schnaubelt proposed “an exciting new addition to Noyo Harbor in 2018, Schnaubelt Distillery will be located in the [converted] historic building formerly known as the Noyo Ice…

No Country For Old Women (Part 1)

2008: I'm driving a stolen car. Not technically stolen, but it feels stolen. My guilty conscience clatters along everywhere I go in the car, like the tin cans and old shoes honeymoon-bound brides and grooms…

Letters (July 4, 2018)

I was sitting out in my yard on Sunday about noon with an eagle eye out for smoke because Comptche is nearly a bomb ready to explode if we get a fire in this area with the wind blowing the way it is and as dry as it is and people all off away fighting fires.

Judicial Review

Public anger over judge and jury decisions is as old as the creation of the three branches of American government. Fortunately we haven’t yet reached the state of some countries where judges are gunned down…

Boonville Water & Sewer Project Financing

A few weeks ago local realtor Anne Fashauer summarized the high points of the recent “Boonville Planners” meeting where a couple of dozen locals with parcels in the proposed downtown Boonville “service areas” discussed the…

Hospital Parcel Tax Vote Recount

An Albion area resident has paid a $2,900 deposit to the Mendocino County Clerk's Office to start a recount on Measure C, the $144 per parcel tax that would fund Mendocino Coast District Hospital (MCDH).…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Homicide Custody;
Municipal Service;
Masonite Wall;
Lawn Jazz;
Berryessa Deserted;
Vaughn Award;
Shed Foresight;
FB Agenda;
Night Out;
Geezer Fest;
Little Dog;
Ed Notes;
Yesterday's Catch;
Citizen Cockburn;
Fascism Trial;
Great Seal;
Library Event;
The Truth;
Trump Haters;
Beacon Open;
Hard Times;
Bar Patron;
Gardens Hours;
Tattoos;
American Pastime

The Beer Made Me Do It

Joshua Ruoff’s trial for the murder of Timothy Sweeting ended in a verdict of guilty of first degree murder last Friday, despite his lawyer, Jan Cole-Wilson, telling the jury they couldn’t do it, that they…

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