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Posts published in “Day: March 4, 2020

The Beef with Kobe

Great teams have great benches. So strong was the musical squad assembled for Kobe Bryant’s send-off at Los Angeles’s Staples Center on Monday, that even Hall of Famer Jennifer Lopez didn’t rate any playing time.…

Elise Drexler

Mendocino County produced many memorable women but one from the Mendocino Coast proudly declared her occupation as a “Capitalist.” This was Elise Drexler, daughter of Mendocino coast pioneers William and Eliza Kelly. Born in 1866…

Hard Work

"Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." [Claud Cockburn]

For a recent local example of Mr. Cockburn’s adage, Ukiah City Councilwoman and Second District Supers candidate

A ‘Greek Tragedy’?

The Monday night Fort Bragg City Council meeting had the mysterious inevitability of a Greek tragedy. All the players were trapped in their political identities. All of them did their expected thing and strangely, by…

Valley People (March 4, 2020)

EARL JAY ‘PETE’ PETERMAN died Thursday February 6, 2020 in Ukiah at the age of 93. Born on May 16, 1926 in Pennsylvania to Hazel Constant and Edward Peterman, Earl called Mendocino County his home…

Ukes Silenced

Canceled — Mendocino Coast UkeFest May 1 & 2 With great disappointment, we announce that the 2020 Mendocino Coast UkeFest is officially canceled. In spite of our strongest desire to “play on,” with each new…

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