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Posts published in November 2020

Mendocino County Today: November 24, 2020

Light Rain | 17 Cases | Miller Report | Franklin Street | Covelo Abductions | Redwood Bus | Arctic Refuge | Spending Life | Cats Heisted | Coast Homes | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Sacrifice Comfort | Military Madness | Cabrillo Lighthouse | Cabinet Nominees | Downtown Elk | Happy Tofurky | Log Pond | IOC Tokyo | Leggett Veneer | Restaurant Support | Illegal Supper | Gobble Talk | Virtual TG | Poor Leadership | Execution 1902 | Planning Agenda | MAGA Pinup

The Answer, Hiding In Plain Sight

Bob Dylan, now in his 80th year and whose shadow blankets the last half-century of American culture, is both a celebrated hero and a man…

Missing Person, Hopland Area

On November 22, 2020, at approximately 3:28pm, Christina Denise Emmett was reported missing to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office after her vehicle was found abandoned…

Mendocino County Today: November 23, 2020

Weak Fronts | 35 New Cases | Yorkville Market | Sued Individuals | Digger Burn | Ed Notes | Ukiah Lodging | Motel Bound | Forklifting | Devil's Bargain | Reckless Motorcycling | Redwood Highway | Glib Robey | Ukiah 1965 | Little Lake Roads | McMaster Watercolor | Dahlia Sale | Yesterday's Catch | Judge Judy | Ocean Wonders | Leaders Failing | Old Towns | Cold Hearted | Early NYC | Really Matters | Assembly Line | Morbid Symptoms | Launch Pad

R.I.P. Maze

I have always wondered what happened to a corn maze after Halloween. I think about all of the work just put into raising the corn.…

Mendocino County Today: November 22, 2020

Weak Fronts | 4 Cases | Ignoring Curfew | Pet Holiday | Necessary Murder | Wintry Day | Getaway Proposal | Cougar | 128 Delays | Willits Overpass | History Notes | Climate Adaptations | Train Tracks | Book Angels | Snow | Siting Wastewater | Rail Travel | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Mountain Kids | Dollar Talk | Lioness | Dead God | Bryan's Bluff | Crab Delay | Puppet Master | PL Larabee | Applebee Curiosity | Survey Party | Internationalism USA | Houdini Cuffed | Herd Management | Clam Man | Marco Radio | Arch Work

The Search for Something Better

In the early 1980s I did logging work on the Lookout Ranch for the Shandel's of Comptche.  My impression was they had purchased the property…

Mendocino County Today: November 21, 2020

Dry Weekend | 17 Cases | Curfew Enforcement | Heron | Test Results | Locomotive Samson | Dad's Book | Supes Notes | Old Laytonville | Shelter Expansion | Log Chute | Hobo Hotels | Old Caspar | Ed Notes | Helmswoman | Needs Sheets | Hogwash Trail | Queenie's Closed | Wrecked Tile | Streetscape Update | Yesterday's Catch | He Can | Biden's Picks | Homeschoolers | Betrayed Illusion | Peers Agree | Nest Mates | Greedy Retailers | Reject Votes | GOP Cult | Jonestown Echoes | Groundhog Day | Trump's Lawyers | Nice Work | Marco Radio

Taxicab Memories

I can still remember that first fare in my New York taxi: an older white-haired woman standing at Union Square on 17th Street. I cruised…

Mendocino County Today: November 20, 2020

Dry Days | 30 Cases | Overnight Curfew | County Cases | Human Remains | Coastal Fog | Unsolved Death | Wastewater Project | Sharkey Art | Murphy Bed | Alder Creek | Poison Shellfish | Passenger Train | Winter Shelter | Sex Cult | Track Bus | Ed Notes | Redwood Mill | Sculpture Trail | Greenwood Mill | Cannabis Planning | Yesterday's Catch | Lights Out | Albion Mill | Naked Lunch | Wendling Mill | Unmasked Idiots | Seal | Unwise Mini-Donalds | Old Elk | Tired Of | School Band | Dizzy Chess | Lightkeeper Robot | TK News | Labor Pool | White Pantsuit | Book Dealer | Back Rooms | Mean Girls | Rich Richer | Bartleby Havisham | Loving Servitude | Corporate Serf

Eat the 2020 Election

Voters were definitely on edge Election Day, but not so edgy that they couldn’t or didn’t abstain from eating. From coast-to-coast and in what’s known…

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