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Posts published in May 2021

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Seasonable Temps | 13 New Cases | Red Beard ID | Lunar Eclipse | FB Gunshots | Phone Exchange | Laytonville Drone | Adolescent Pfizer | Herd Immunity | First Cats | Desal & Waste | Mendo Wildlife | Emergency Test | Poisoned Cicadas | JDSF Ritual | Beach Trip | Vaughn Homers | Molina Sentenced | Jonah Returns | Supervisors Briefs | Wise Doc | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Slow Train | Oh Sixties | Seal DiMaggio | Big Girl | Water Pipeline | Stocked Biker | Literary Racism | Planning Cancelled | Last Brigader | Brontesaurus | Fact Checking

County Notes (May 26, 2021)

Drought Notes — We have learned over the years not to expect much from local officials on most issues. After all, this is the County that seems unable to produce even ordinary departmental budget reports,…

Off the Record (May 26, 2021)

A WILDLAND/VEGETATION FIRE broke out in rugged slash and timber in steep terrain off Tomki Road southeast of Willits around 10am last Friday morning. By Friday evening the “Tomki fire” lines were holding at around…

Valley People (May 26, 2021)

RED BEARD IN PHILO? The young fugitive causing considerable consternation from Elk, through the Anderson Valley to the west hills of Ukiah has managed to elude a fairly large law enforcement search for him. He…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Mostly Dry | 16 New Cases | FB Notes | California Burning | Boonville Airstrip | Gen-X Apology | Cola Disinfect | Memorial Day | Dr Zeuss | Late Entry | Redwood Post | Sheriff's Response | True Love | Climate Petition | Domestic Terrorist | Water Conservation | Easy Scooter | Off-Stream Ponds | Police Reports | Yesterday's Catch | Drought Stress | Hot Asphalt | Lee Evans | Ancient Search | Weekly Comments | Thespians 1900 | Gold Fever | Shot Confusion | War Dead | Broken Democracy | Happy Birthday | Folk Sinner | Dylan Woodstock | Fall Out Boy

Reading Together

Remember going to the library? I miss the reading rooms most—the busy hush of reading and research underway; the reluctance of old pages being turned; the furtive glances at the mysterious materials laid out on…

Sleeper Car & Mail Order Brides

Taking the train across country is a singular joy and I strongly recommend a berth in the sleeper car: There's that magic moment when you wake up in the middle of the night, the steel…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, May 24, 2021

Weakening Front | 75 Pounds | $18 Million | Iris | BOS Watch | Comma Crab | Non Adventist | Dark or White | Ed Notes | Missed Info | PHF Past | Carbon Catcher | Community Ritual | Dirty Dish | Chinamen Out | Yesterday's Catch | Closed Minds | Art Show | Caution Elephants | Yoga Training | Mermaid | Corporate Weed | Flower Crack | New Solutions | End Abortions | Resign Thing | Jesus Palestinian | Mexifornia | DC Debate | Impeccable Record | Wild West | Momento Mori | Two Types | Ineptocracy | Galaxy Cluster

The Nakba Continues

As my grief and outrage mount at the predictable escalations of violence in Israel/Palestine, I once again marvel at the chasms of misunderstanding and miscalculations in describing events as they unfold and the script that…

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