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Posts published in December 2020

Off the Record (December 30, 2020)

RECEIVED an excited e-mail about last week’s celestial events from the vivid Tom Cahill, formerly of Fort Bragg, presently in self-imposed exile in France. “I've been waiting for this all my life!” he said, “Jupiter and…

The Deadly Cost of Misbehavior

The California Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) now warns that “disastrous consequences” will occur without a change in how we celebrate the winter holidays, and California will experience a surge on top of a surge…

Valley People (December 30, 2020)

NO OBITUARY has appeared for Cecil Ball, a long time resident of Boonville who died recently after a long illness that confined him to his home where he was cared for by Mark Bell, his…

The Arrival of Vaccine is a Reason for Optimism

The roll out of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines have gone much more smoothly than many other aspects of battling this pandemic have so far...

Mendocino County Today: December 29, 2020

Dry Day | 19 Cases | FB Testing | National Guard | Anytime Saloon | House Passes | Replacing Lee | Highway 128 | Richardson Grove | Conjunction Fairy | Zittleman's Groceries | Big Signal | Yesterday's Catch | Windom Place | Air Travel | Leverage/Deploy | Mannix Building | Reparations | AV High | Moderate Rot | Boonville Garage | Strange Winter | Quake Damage | Qualified Leaders | Chinatown 1913 | Social Security | Kary Mullis | Future Trump | Voter Drive | Tabloid History | Disappointing Date

Uncrowning The Crown

Watching the Netflix show, The Crown, now in its fourth season, I reminded myself that when I lived in England in the mid-1960s, I never stood in movie theaters when “God Save the Queen” played, and when…

Covid Testing in Fort Bragg

The traveling OptumServe testing team will be offering its weekly free testing every Tuesday at Fort Bragg’s Veteran’s Hall, 360 N. Harrison Street. It is recommended to pre-register at LHI.CARE/COVIDTESTING before arriving Tuesday morning at 9:00 am…

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