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Posts published in December 2020

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…

Mendocino County Today: December 28, 2020

Dry Days | 24 New Cases | Pandemic Bill | Old Noyo | Conrad Cox | Little Boat | Ed Notes | Seaside Hotel | Navarro Restoration | Lansing Street | Last Lights | Coyote v Roadrunner | Ukiah Outrageous | Whiskey Springs | Laytonville Memories | Christmas Catch | Cycling 1 | Gift Cards | Holy Thumbers | Vegas Bound | London Kids | Nuclear Goodies | Orphanage Dining | Holiday Misbehaving | Russian Gulch | Vile Legacy | Vaccine Distrust | Persepolis Procession

AV Land Trust Sues Peachland Family (Part 13)

AV High Principal Jim Snyder, landlord Barbara Goodell, and very busy Steve Wood, among others, sued me to try to add county code to my conservation easement with the Anderson Valley Land Trust. Their lawsuit…

Mendocino County Today: December 27, 2020

Wet Dry Wet | 68 New Cases | Murder Investigation | Cuffey's Cove | No Relief | Pet Leroy | Navarro Lift | Greenfaced | CSD Report | Three Otters | Pot Predicament | B Video | Baptist Church | Ed Notes | Forest Home | Porn Sting | Usal Elk | Brennan Accountable | Yesterday's Catch | Roll Out | Trafficking Weed | Sponsor Americans | Half Licked | Green Thing | Tannenbombs | Marco Radio | Stone Dude

The Transition and the Pandemic

On Monday, Dec. 14, President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation after the Electoral College officially rubber-stamped his win over President Donald Trump and proved he’s no Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who lifted up a Depression Era…

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