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Posts published in June 2021

Roy Lichtenstein

It might not be true that every family has one cool thing about it but at least I can say that my family does. Sixty-three years ago my father was teaching at Oswego State Teacher's…

Hemingway Almost Killed Me

The favorite books of one's youth can be dangerous stuff. One of the highest-risk authors for me turned out to be Ernest Hemingway. His writing almost killed me in at least in three ways. That…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, June 13, 2021

Another Front | Gray Fox | Boonville Proposal | Noyo Harbor | Pet Zip | Mendocino HS | Mask Guidance | Richardson Grove | Lengthy Tailspin | Young Che | Clubfoot Grizzly | History | Ed Notes | Player Piano | Byebye Bibi | Yesterday's Catch | Bolinas Past | Marco Radio | Push Mower | Press Freedom | Numbered Spot | Huckleberry Biden

Disaster Music

Mount Nyiragongo’s eruption and earthquake, and the aftershocks that continue to shake the Democratic Republic of Congo remind one that the Christian God of that Christian country—brought to Africa by colonialism—has always been a meteorological,…

Raised By (Laughing) Hyenas

Graduation season is everywhere, and be happy if you needn’t sit through yawn-inducing ceremonies celebrating the most recent students bumped from the educational assembly line. School administrators permit speakers to address graduates only if they…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, June 12, 2021

Warming | 6 New Cases | Yorkville BBQ | Redwood Drive | Drivers Needed | Help Wanted | Finite Resource | Drought Chat | Palace Intrigue | Urban Canine | Budget Notes | Bolinas Closed | PV Bust | Hanover Arrest | Cows Ruled | Streetscape Update | JDSF Logging | AR Hole | Not Guilty | Dino Juice | Why Expand | Yesterday's Catch | Green Rush | Dotted Note | Greedy Weeders | Obedience School | HOV Scofflaws | Christo Fencers | Town Hall | Gunslinger | Listening Session | Bezos Reentry | Non Profiteers | Ice Shelf | People's Party | Brahms Lullaby | County Operation | Big Wave | Valiant Woman | Liza/Bozo | Presidential Email

A Mayoral ‘Prince’ Accused Of Sex Abuse

The front-page shockers began in early April and just kept coming: A young mayor from the San Francisco Bay’s wine country had been accused of sexually abusing and assaulting women. First there were four accusers.…

Dr. Wheeler’s Criminal Past

From his cell within the Mendocino County Jail, Dr. John Wheeler told Ukiah City Press editor A.O. Carpenter that he was innocent of any connection to the ambush murder of two Mendocino City citizens in…

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