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Posts published in March 2020

MCT: Thursday, March 26, 2020

Dry Day;
Press Conference;
Noyo Suicide;
Boonville Cleanup;
Stimulus Checks;
Socialism Price;
Saturday Supper;
Balo Gates;
Local Fare;
Changing Light;
Ed Notes;
Touching Hands;
Crucial Questions;
Pill Monday;
Pandemic Guidelines;
Anti-Electricity;
Park Closures;
TP Tailgunner;
Big Rock;
Silver Linings;
Yesterday's Catch;
Networked Ninth;
No Guarantee;
Virus Q&A;
Love;
Money Power;
Xenophobia;
Quarantini

Journal of the Plague Year (#1)

Berkeley, CA; Week of 3/16 — Sunday afternoon. Preternaturally quiet. Church on the corner, with its small, aged, African-American congregation, has suspended services. Nothing in the neighborhood is open but the always busy Berkeley Bowl,…

World Water Day

Monday morning my Ocean Conservancy calendar proclaimed that today is World Water Day. A quick peek at Wikipedia reveals that WWD on March 22 every year was established by the United Nations for the purpose…

The Disappearance of Mrs. Strong (Part 3)

(The previous two installments described the imprisonment of R.G. Strong in 1873, the 1874 murder of his wife in the Sherwood area, the trial and conviction of David Geiger for that murder, as well as…

AV Land Trust Sues Peachland Family (Part 8)

Did the almost $100,000 the Anderson Valley Land Trust spent to sue me on a contrived and fictitious lawsuit get paid for by you and me? That was the question I posed in Part 7.…

Mendo’s First Virtual BOS Meeting

A somber, business-like feeling pervaded Friday morning’s first-ever virtual Board of Supervisors meeting. As CEO Angelo and her staff held down the fort in the Supes chambers, three of the five supervisors participated from their…

Letters (March 25, 2020)

Twice now over the past week, county officials, replying to the question of offering some property-tax relief to homeowners, have answered that only the state can extend the due date. This is true, but what they are not saying is the county can waive penalties and interest for late payments.

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