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Posts published in October 2021

Meth & Molotovs

(MCSO Press Release by Sergeant J. Wells) On 10-10-2021 at about 10:50 PM the California Highway Patrol (CHP) requested an agency assist from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) in the area of Mile Post…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Oct. 18, 2021

Dry Returns | Yesterday's Rainfall | Dawn | Covid Slowdown | Flu Shots | Weed Fans | 1632 Casualties | Heart Events | Fog | Ed Notes | Book Throwing | Blossoming | Walk/Ride | Catamount | Sky Hawking | Yesterday's Catch | Landmark Case | Comptche School | Reparations | Just Because | Water/Housing | America Fun | General Grant | Conspirituality | Snow Angel | Podcast Tips | Classified Transport | Summer Shower | Country Road | Beloved Braxton | Covid Powell | Republicare | Spook Love | CVFD 2013 | Big Asteroids

Visiting with Ray

This morning was all about my old sports buddy Ray. First I was dragging my tax info out of a shelf and found the donation envelope for “Nick's Interns” that I hadn't sent in yet.…

Book Review: Losing It

Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin Pantheon Books, 2021; 292 pp. $26.95 Of all the dreaded afflictions that affect the human mind, the one that has come to be known as “Alzheimer’s Disease”* is surely among…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021

Wet Ahead | Pet Dude | Policing Challenges | Wild Pigs | Anti-Vax Fee | Bobcat | Dog Stories | Pigeon | Dredging Question | Bear | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Loo Ado | Enough Drink | Electric Waste | Living Wage | Riot Consequences | SkyCot | Reporter's Alert | Streetlight Maintenance | Marco Radio | Ukiah Snow | Goodbye America

The College Kid Runs the Ukiah Auction

So to wrap up the Ukiah Sale sheep auction management saga, here’s a description of what a grueling summer day out in the dusty sheep pens and corridors felt like to a forty year old…

Mendocino County’s Last Real Supervisor

Joe Scaramella explained the moment in his life when he got the inspiration to get into politics: “I've been on the receiving end of injustice many times. But the most significant thing that affected my…

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