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The Airship Mystery of 1896-97

William Held and Dr. Case, of Ukiah, were riding northbound in a buggy on an early December evening, destination Centerville in the Potter Valley district. Their horses shied as a light flared from the darkness.…

Our $225k Bargain Basement CEO

With Supervisor/Board Chair Dan Hamburg calling Mendocino County CEO Carmel Angelo “a bargain,” and Supervisor John McCowen saying she deserves a raise because she’s been underpaid for years and she’s got great contacts and she almost single-handedly got some money from the State for the post fire disaster over-excavation reimbursement of upwards of 100 burned out home-owners (which should have been caught a lot sooner if they’d listened to Lee Howard when he first pointed out what was happening, and was the absolute minimum she could do under the circumstances), the Board of Supervisors unanimously (Supervisor Carre Brown wasn’t in attendance but she certainly would have voted Yes too) approved CEO Carmel Angelo’s huge automatic pay raises over the next four years in four steps to $225,000 a year plus equivalently generous perks, followed by a comparably giant pension for the rest of her life.

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018

Election Notes;
Modern World;
Community Park;
Fallis Felonies;
Pencil Logic;
Benefit Dinner;
Snickers Rescue;
Albion Bridge;
Yesterday's Catch;
Hue 1968;
Brief Behavior;
New Rules;
Updated Edition;
Flithy Frisco;
Impartial Face;
Polarized Country;
Little Dog;
Indian Summer;
RV Rebuilding;
Grim Reaper;
Funkacillin Schedule

Off the Record (Oct. 10, 2018)

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: What we need in this country is project czars. Remember the contractor guy hired to rebuild the LA freeway after the last big quake? The state told him to get it done, that…

Seven Candidates for Coast Hospital Board

It was standing room only at the Fort Bragg Senior Center on October 1. The League of Women Voters (LWV) hosted a meet and greet for the seven candidates running for one of the four…

Salad University

[Nov 4] Sunday, 11:45-4 Pacific Standard Time: Growing and Eating on the Wild Side, AKA Salad University, Floodgate Farm in Redwood Valley. Learn about and make thistle drink, wild chips, and the famous floral and…

Valley People (Oct. 10, 2018)

IN THE BEGINNING there was Sam, Sam Prather. For many years four parcels of land drew water from springs on Sam Prather's Indian Creek Road ranch property. Sam watered his sheep from the modest stream diversion, it was Lynn Archambault's sole source for her one acre; and it provided water for the Edwards family’s two acres, supplementing the Edwards’ productive well. And Sam’s water provided John and Linda Hulbert with their water, Linda being a cousin of Sam’s.

Hand & Glove Must Fit

Appears I somewhat influenced the county into somewhat enforcing its cannabis ordinance. At the Sept 11 BOS meeting, Planning and Building Dept. staff delivered a report on enforcement. Highlights from the report noted that: •…

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