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Posts published in April 2020

Letters (April 15, 2020)

I am commenting on Mr. Hunt’s Avalon Hotel project. It is obvious to me at least that the scale of this project is off the charts. The design is overwhelming, an overwrought piece of work which in my estimation qualifies as "celebrity architecture."

Homeless Plan, Financial Non-Plan

Glenn McGourty, leading candidate to replace Carre Brown as 1st District supervisor next January, opened Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting by summarizing an obscure technical paper he stumbled across in Davis which claims that Ukiah Valley grape…

Crime Stats On Quarantine

Domestic violence and child abuse is way up in Mendocino County during the shelter-in-place orders due to the nationwide coronavirus crisis. According to Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall, in the month of March, compared to…

Days Numbered For Noyo Cabal?

That ominous cracking sound you hear is the Noyo Center For Marine Science cabal falling through the ice. Can't hear it? Maybe you're not in the club. The Noyo Center, Fort Bragg’s ocean-oriented, not-for-profit whalebone…

The Pioneer Burkes

Ever see the sign for Burke Hill south of Ukiah and wonder who Burke was? Here's part of the answer. Alexander Burke was born in Sparta, Tennessee in the summer of 1813. At age twenty…

AV Land Trust Dialogue

A recent and continuing series of articles by CT Rowe complains of unfair treatment by the Anderson Valley Land Trust.

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