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Posts published in November 2020

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 from Ida Jackson, the proceeds of the sale were donated…

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 to a stop and picked her up but had no…

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 as “fly over country,” Joe Biden supporters watched the results…

Mendocino County Today: November 19, 2020

Cold Clear | Six Cases | David Norfleet | Sheep Encounter | Ned Cook | Noyo Bridge | Poaching Tragedy | La Bomba | Voluntary Manslaughter | Debris Removal | Training Burn | Clueless Board | Covid Fatigue | Face Grab | Fort Bragg | Ed Notes | Navarro Mill | Quiet Morning | Palace Hotel | Weekly Fix | Yesterday's Catch | Newsom Dining | Cloverdale Phaeton | Pandemic Percentages | Failed Student | Salmon Ceremony | Marginalized People | Gov. Waterman | Angry Backlash | Gin Joints | Elected King | No Character | People's Party

Running For His Life

Say you walk into a Willits bar. John's place maybe. You order up a draft and start talking sports with the guy next to you. He does a monologue on his triumphant sports days at…

The Actual War On Drugs

On a typical morning in Department 10, one of the four municipal courts on the first floor of the Hall of Justice, 26 people wait patiently as the proceedings get underway at 9:20 a.m. From…

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