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Posts published in July 2021

Mendocino County Today, Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Cloud Cover | 45 New Cases | Covid Surging | Forest Fest | Water Woes | Emergency Curtailments | Pyrocumulus | Stolen Equipment | Kelp Resurgence | Local Roads | Peashooter | Stupes Problem | Creepy Statue | Undammed | Suspect Arrested | Yesterday's Catch | Attention Deficit | Another Weirdo | National Woes | Emergency Preparedness | Nature Boy | Eiffel Painting | Contrails | Kung-Fu | Comments | Brian Morans | Vaccine Mandates | Unvaccinated Brainwashing | Streamline Cycle | Deadly Silence | Flower Seller | Ubiquitous Plastic | Farriers | Q Anons

The Intruder

I opened my door and saw a huddled form working on a project in my back yard. He was shaving a rock and had dragged…

A Note to Past and Current Subscribers

We were clearing out all our old expired Paypal subscription accounts this afternoon — housekeeping! — and didn't realize that Paypal would subsequently send a…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, July 26, 2021

Monsoonal Moisture | Fire Watch | Rust Pile | River Stop | Future Farmers | Referendum Short | Calder's Peak | Mo Disappointed | Wino Run | Skunk Claims | Redwood Journalists | Acting Trick | Orr's | Bragg Fort | Ed Notes | Pioneer Inn | Waterful Ukiah | Last Case | Yesterday's Catch | Brotherly Love | Civics | Greed Rush | Horse Intro | Chaotic Climate | Joe Cannabis | Civil Rights | Struggling People | Fraud Investigation | Found Object

Assault On A Capitol Fourth

A quarter century ago Newt Gingrich, elevated to Speaker of the House by the 1994 midterm Republican landslide that followed on Bill Clinton’s first two…

Willits, Minus Traffic & Exhaust

I hadn’t been to Willits in a year or more, and when I drove through it a week ago it slowly dawned that the city…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, July 25, 2021

Triple Digits | 5150 Call | Runner Rescued | Team Rubicon | County Roads | Misinformation | Purple Keys | Picky Multitude | News Bummer | Bridgework | Elliot Brothers | Mars 10¢ | Screwball Opinion | Cocaine Toothache | Phase 3 | Idiot Invasion | Real Solutions | High Cholesterol | Ocean Protection | Wooden Bomb | McGuire Approvals | Yesterday's Catch | Toxic Algae | Surprising Giants | American Welcome | Space Junk | Shrinkwrapped | Kunstler Watch | Bootcamp | Forever Chemicals | Natural Selection | Anti-Semitic Custard | Boom | Dance Party | Inescapable Seeming | Work | Thankful Victim | Dem Party

Where’s My Socialism?

For a variety of reasons I watch a fair amount of Fox News, which I’m frequently at odds with on issues and none more so…

Anderson Valley Schoolhouses

“What Became of the Little Red Schoolhouse: Facts & Figures-Tales & Photos of Early Mendocino County” is 30 years old but it’s five volumes are…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, July 24, 2021

Hot Weekend | 12 New Cases | Ukiah Fire | Presumably Redbeard | Yorkville Tacos | 2003 Grangers | Referendum Submitted | Caspar Mill | Water Shortage | Stage 2 | Scar-Face | Imbalanced Budget | Ukiah Courthouses | Ed Notes | Homeless Parking | Most Dangerous | Adaptive Athletes | Weed Walk | Beware Natives | Streetscape Update | White Blindness | Yesterday's Catch | Dying Culture | Music Starting | Personal Responsibility | Different Drum | Start Packing | Close Calls | Refreshing | Toyko Olympics | LA Freeway | Hoax Harding | Invisible Suits | Salty Ladies | Baobab | Plus Dems | Vacation Choice | Political Truths

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