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Posts published in June 2020

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…

Journal of the Plague Year (#14)

Berkeley, CA June 22, 2020 — The Fusion Centers were working overtime this past week.  You probably didn’t know. Reading daily newspapers wouldn’t have helped you. Nor would listening to the radio or watching TV.…

Kayo & Kamala

When Terence Hallinan asked me to be his press secretary in December, 1999, I was 58 and in my 13th year as managing editor of Synapse, UCSF's internal weekly. The benefits were good and if I…

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