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Posts published in December 2020

The Ballad of Ron and Dorinda

In 1986 two incarcerated lovebirds escaped via helicopter from a co-ed prison. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a34773551/prison-break-lovebirds/

Mendocino County Today: December 12, 2020

Off & On | 20 New Cases | Randall Hoover | Liz Said | Phresh Stop | Church Fire | Pot Mire | Richardson Grove | Gift Book | Redwood Grove | Hoy Retires | Chandelier Tree | Water Protectors | Fraternal Monarch | Willits Streetwalkers | Seagull Inn | Zodiac Code | Yesterday's Catch | Supreme Rejection | Freedom Force | Cemetery Gravestones | Negative Creep | Bullshit Party | Financial Implosion | Trumpty Tales | Test Results | PA Agenda | Desert Pool | Streetscape Update | Job Creators | Oldest Things | Thought Police | YouTube Ban | Illogical Healthcare | Oath Keepers | Deadly Food | Bad Dream

If Only Trump Could Sing

Theodora was Handel’s penultimate oratorio and his least successful. The London premiere came in March of 1750, but the work closed after just three performances. English language sung dramas—oratorios—had enriched Handel in the period from…

Mendocino County Today: December 11, 2020

Rain Forecast | 38 New Cases | Birthing Officers | Rabies Clinics | Culinary Gifts | Vintage FB | Yule Jam | Beware Fentanyl | Old FB | Texting 911 | First Mill | Supes Notes | Hopland Tap | Ed Notes | Coast Home | Juvenile Mobile | Sandhill Cranes | Vice-Mayor Marta | Bird Stories | Stormy Coast | Enough Dispensaries | Yesterday's Catch | Big Secrets | Crab Boil | Biden Story | Trans Topic | Skunk Train | Money Love | Truly Tested | Beware MAGAstan | Echium & Ivy | Christmastime | Helping Hand | Paint Job

‘From Goat Herder To Mayor’

Wednesday night, Juan Orozco, Ukiah’s first Latino mayor, was sworn into office. Born on a rural ranch in the Mexican state of Michoacán, Orozco spoke told us of his many years working the vineyards of…

The View from Lake County

County elected officials and the impacts of their actions (or inaction, in the case of a few, like Mendocino’s Dan Gjerde) reflect life-long ambitions and collaborations that the mostly oblivious or at least inattentive “public”…

Mendocino County Today: December 10, 2020

Wet Weekend? | 57 Cases | Shelter Outbreak | Record Highs | Greenwood Creek | Feeding Students | Boonville Water Project | Missouri Hotel | Holiday Boost | Masonite Plant | Wine Rack | Big Logs | Narcan Saves | Revolution View | Interesting Tattoo | Verbal Only | Wiard Driving | Famous Oscar | Suspicious Tools | Rich Richer | Caltrans Wins | International Bridge | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Stop Polluting | Corpus Earthling | Comforting Lies | Hypocrite Lennon | American Politics | Coming Tsunami | Loser Dems | Found Object

Ukiah’s Contact Tracer Shortage

The 420 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Mendocino County last month was twice the number reported in October (210), and Ukiah City Manager Sage Sangiacomo warned this week that there are now simply too…

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