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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…

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…

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.…

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…

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