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Posts published in December 2020

Songs of the Biden Heart

Much has been made of the playlists of the erstwhile presidential contenders. Back in 2016 Trump’s obsession with winning was given voice by Queen’s “We are the Champions,” who have, as the lyrics put it,…

First Vaccines Administered

Mendocino County Public Health Works With Adventist Health to Administer First Round of COVID-19 Vaccines Post Date: 12/18/2020 1:00 PM Mendocino County Public Health (MCPH) officially secured 975 complete doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine yesterday morning,…

Mendocino County Today: December 18, 2020

Dry Ahead | 26 Cases | John Missing | FB 1857 | Disaster Prep | Near Elk | Wrecks/Vaccines | Coyote Valley | 1913 News | Old Noyo | Ed Notes | Beyond Disappointing | Criminal Disregard | Orr Springs | Intrepid Reporter | Yesterday's Catch | Rent Strike | PA Testing | SF Muni | Solar Installer | Solstice Gathering | Beach Steps | Suspected Arsonist | Knee Shot | Facebook Doomsday | 1955 Flood | Wrong Socialism | Used Words | Irish Fishermen | 60s Values | Fools Gold | Exceedingly Angry | Gold-en Cola | Disaster Capitalism | India 1900 | Prescient le Carré | Correspondent Gellhorn

Not Doing Your Job

As we near the end of this woefully dismal year, it’s informative to look at the departure of two Departmental heads who decided to call it quits, while leaving in their wakes troubled and dysfunctional…

I’m Seeing 20/20 in 2020

Just like you and everyone we know, I’ve been spending the past few decades not paying much attention to my ever-worsening eyesight. This is because it takes a few decades for it to get really…

Mendocino County Today: December 17, 2020

Isolated Showers | 57 Cases | Hospital Beds | California Outbreak | Local Testing | Cruelty Appeal | Parking Art | Ayster v Eyster | Pandemic Claus | Mendo Numbers | Albion Footings | Clare's Cafe | Ukiah Library | Surrogate Shoppers | Hop Pickers | Safe Pawner | Gold Mule | Narcan Save | Ho Ho | Grocery Deliverers | Ya Think? | Wussy Era | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Ethnic Studies | Very Scary | Hemp Plane | LA Creep | Redneck Santa | Trickle Sham | Anatomy Man | No Votes | 12 Waters

Cape Horn On the Albion

As I write, rain is predicted to arrive in a day or two, with re-occurring precipitation of measurable amounts forecast throughout the coming week. Here, along the Albion, we can certainly use a downpour or…

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