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Posts published in December 2020

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…

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…

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