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Posts published in June 2020

What’s in a Name?

In predictable if disappointing fashion, the Fort Bragg city council voted late Monday night to punt on the issue of changing the name of the only California town from that honors a Confederate general. When…

MCT: Friday, June 26, 2020

Hot Today;
FB Punts;
Rejecting Braxton;
Popcorn Clouds;
Oversight Proposal;
Poppy Mix;
Unconfirmed Rumor;
SoCo Lawsuit;
Usal Housing;
Ed Notes;
Covelo Bust;
Rider Gulch;
Scam Calls;
Skyhawk Clot;
Usal Mill;
Department Auditing;
Boonville Farmstands;
Yesterday's Catch;
Racist Thoughts;
Cottoneva Store;
Progressive Fight;
Arizona Protesters;
Politicizing Masks;
Losing Wetlands;
Rockport Town;
High-Speed Rail;
Found Object

Point Arena Testing

[Jun 29] Redwood Coast Medical Services, Mendocino County Public Health and the City of Point Arena have collaborated to provide free surveillance testing for COVID-19 to residents of Point Arena and the South Coast. The…

MCT: Thursday, June 25, 2020

Hot Days;
Budget Approved;
PA Testing;
Macdonald House;
Sacto Tip;
PO Movers;
Who Cares;
Melbourne Store;
School Memories;
Ukiah Pears;
Ed Notes;
Yesterday's Catch;
Newsroom Fear;
Space Tourists;
Philbrick Overload;
Miracle Diet;
Baby Boomlet;
Hank Aaron;
Oxen Team;
Sweating Bullets;
Tree Fox;
Gagging Applebee's;
Comptche Melbourne;
Race Relations;
Ida Jackson;
Hendy Women;
Found Object

Letters (June 24, 2020)

While at my home on Clow Ridge, I began to experience what my wife and I thought was a heart attack. The symptoms were severe and I was pretty sure my number was up.

The Fort Behind Fort Bragg

In this moment of shifting historical identities — the Fort Bragg City Council has taken up the question of whether to change the town's name on Monday — it might help to know what the…

Policing the Police

Ukiah isn’t Detroit. Or Chicago, where two years ago the city spent more than $113 million on lawsuits involving police misconduct. But neither is Mendo an island, as shown by residents who, in spite of…

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