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Posts published in September 2021

Burners & Black Opals

This ordinarily would be the time I’d be submitting a story to the AVA about being a senior citizen out on the playa in the midst of the Burning Man festival, but that didn’t happen…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021

Warming | 29 New Cases | Water Report | Green Sign | Officers Indicted | Panther Football | Ukiah Fires | Mayor Paulsen | Body Found | Future Farmers | Brownsville? | State Street | Hopkins Recovery | 56 Merc | Mendo Crush | Lost Coast | Ed Notes | Reid Sentenced | Flores Sentenced | Yesterday's Catch | Mystery Thriller | Rough Rider | More Recalls | Iron Dome | Fairijuana | 300% | Conservation Lack | 1862 Groupshot | Infodemic | Covid Light | House Truck | Peace Boat | Eiffel Lightning | Toxic Lake | Doorknob Principle | Publicity Discrepancy | Frosty Caught | Moronic Hoax

Noyo River Goes Dry

Fort Bragg entered an official “water crisis” last week when the city council voted unanimously to raise the town’s phased set of water use restrictions to “Stage 4,” triggering significant new cutbacks on water use.…

County Notes (September 23, 2021)

UNBELIEVABLY, THE SHERIFF’S LAWSUIT against the County/Board of Supervisors continues into its third month. Item 9d on next Tuesday’s Board agenda: “Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) - Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:…

Letters (September 23, 2021)

We would like to bring attention to some private citizens who, on their own, at their own expense, filled their water trucks and rushed to the aid of the residents in the “Hopkins” fire on Sept. 12...

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021

Cooler Today | 56 New Cases | 76th Death | Critical Care | Kenneth Clark | Wonder Sometimes | Harvest Dinner | Circus Weekend | Body Found | Parade Seating | Eatery Signs | Livestock Auction | Survival Skills | Grand Jury | Temptor | Equity Grant | Peace Vets | Hopkins Damage | King John | Museum Gala | Eel Canyon | Yesterday's Catch | Ankle Wear | Great Peril | Tiny Minority | Oil Wean | Autumnal Equinox | That Question | Whipped Cream | Taliban Rule | Organize | Bootleg Hospitality | Painting Cheeze

Off the Record (September 22, 2021)

MENDO OPPOSED THE NEWSOM RECALL BY 70% in early election results. Statewide results show the Newsom recall going down by almost 2-1. Of the also-rans Larry Elder got the most Mendo votes with Bernie Bro…

Valley People (September 22, 2021)

WHITE TESLA STRIKES AGAIN: Saffron Fraser writes:  “OMG! It happened. 15:50 leaving from my road, a county road, onto a state highway. Where the posted speed limit is 35mph. Cool. As I crest an uphill with…

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