Rodolfo Vega-Carrillo, 30, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia since childhood, but he’s got other health problems too, life-threatening ones, and needs dialysis soon or he will die. The fear is he will die in the…
Posts published in August 2018
I know what you’re all thinking: How’s ol’ Flynn doing? Oh, I know you’ve all got your own fish to fry, particularly in this parlous, combustible summer, and with the very flames licking at your…
COULDN'T HELP but be intrigued by the following post on the MCN Chat Line. I'm pretty sure I know Blue's back story, and if I have it right, and I think I do, it's an…
I was starting my first year at Rutgers Law School in Newark, following a zigzag (should I say Zig Zag?) course that had taken me from a small hill farm in northern Vermont, to Harvard…
New characters in the panoply of history come to light at the Kelley House on a regular basis, often due to generous donations of time and materials to the archives and museum. A case in…
Firefighter Dies;
Shelter Closed;
Bosco Bailout;
Mendo Bay;
Danco Project;
Cannabis Hour;
Boonville Speeders;
Blackberry Festival;
Janice Blue;
PV Diversion;
Margaret Withdraws;
Little Dog;
Anti-Depressants;
Police Marathon;
Taproom Investigation;
Yesterday's Catch;
Poor Writing;
Latino Politics;
Fires Past;
Evil Notsees;
Acting Auditions;
Knucklehead Antics;
Trojan Mike;
Socialism Bad;
Government Bureaucracies;
Forbidden Bookshelf;
Yearsley Wanted
The Ranch Fire grew approximately 13,000 acres in the last twenty-four hours and is currently 295,970 acres and 58 percent contained. The Ranch Fire is burning in the Snow Mountain Wilderness and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
Fourth County;
Helping Residents;
Sewage Follies;
Sho-Ka-Wah Closed;
Bad Ideas;
Little Dog;
Sincliar Dollar;
Railbike Tours;
Yesterday's Catch;
VS Naipaul;
Hiring Hippies;
Filthy Things;
Tariff Costs;
Corporate Bailouts;
Liability Questions;
Functioning Government;
Cannibalism;
Solar Metering;
Squeezebox;
Modern Writers;
Suicide;
Marilyn's Backside;
Graffiti Camp;
Frack Book
The Ranch Fire is now the largest recorded fire in California’s history. The previous record was held by the 2017 Thomas Fire at 281,893 acres. The Ranch Fire grew approximately 6,000 acres in the last twenty-four hours and is currently 282,479 acres and 62 percent contained. The Ranch Fire is burning in the Snow Mountain Wilderness and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.