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Posts published in December 2020

Mendocino County Today: December 26, 2020

Troughs & Ridges | Wrede Arrested | Blufftop Structure | Grim Mood | Frothy Pacific | Mendo Gems | Rocky Coast | Federal Aid | Christmas Morning | Chinese Food | Cargo Ship | Skyjack Mystery | Downed Redwood | Forest Management | Yesterday's Catch | Point Arena Pier | Chinese Meddling | Scandia | Society Collapsing | Good Fight | US Demolition | Credibility 101 | Expeditionary Force | Radical Jesus | Bachelor Days | Fire Meditation

Mendo’s Native Place Names

Several months ago I did a column on place names on the Mendocino Coast. An AVA reader, Jonah Raskin, left a comment on the newspaper’s website suggesting I write a column on native place names…

Ode To The Dollar Tree

The Dollar Tree store is heaven on earth, A strip mall version of a miracle birth. Candy and incense and napkins and jam, Put your wrinkled buck down, thank you much, ma'am! It's bang on…

Mendocino County Today: December 25, 2020

Windy Rain | Inmate Outbreak | Storm Coming | Shooting/Collision | Christmas 2020 | Whereas McCowen | Thunder Justice | Yorkville Break | Als Talmage | Mediterranean Ports | Boonville Methodist | Ed Notes | Ass Stickers | Loyal Subscriber | Child Abuse | Ansel Mendo | Leftist Weekly | Broken Bridge | Fewer Abortions | Party On | Yesterday's Catch | Pathetic Bill | No Picnic | Sad Ornament | Uncle Ted | Xmas 63 | Britches Backlash | Crazy Money | Winter Castle | Republican Legacy | Child Possessed

Merry, Merrily Mary Lee Christmas To You!

Whether I’d been naughty or nice and regardless whether I’d shouted or pouted, Santa Claus has always been good to me. “Always” only goes back to the 1950s, but it suggests I have some history…

Have Yourself a Revolutionary, Bachian Christmas

Christmas is a dangerous time, for it threatens social instability, political disorder, even revolution. At the culmination of the story kings kneel before a helpless baby; the powerful pay tribute to the seemingly powerless. In…

Shooting/Collision Fatalities in Fort Bragg/Caspar

On 12-24-2020 at approximately 6:30 AM Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a reported traffic collision with a fatality in Caspar. During the initial scene investigation it was determined a shooting had occurred in the city…

Mendocino County Today: December 24, 2020

Windy | 22 New Cases | Janice Pronsolino | First Pokes | Guard Dropped | Christmas Spirit | Jail Outbreak | Bragg Bridge | Light Show | Blair House | Creek Cleanup | Wiard Sex | Shaker Ladies | Vasquez Suspected | Rhino Tree | Plaque Retrieved | Old Venice | 1981 Flashback | Econ 101 | Death Spiral | Ed Notes | School Closures | Yesterday's Catch | Gone Gone Gone | Crazy Time | Crooked House | Ball Back | Patriot Bracelet | Virtual Holiday | Square People | Far East Cafe | Wake Gay | Raging Away | Found Object

Supes Blame Their Utter Failure To Act On Covid

Last week we wrote about the Board’s agenda item last Tuesday concerning the seemingly endless number of ad hoc committees the Supervisors seem to be endlessly appointing themselves to. The public, or that tiny portion…

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