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Posts published in November 2021

Off the Record (November 24, 2021)

RECOMMENDED VIEWING, NETFLIX: “The Unlikely Murderer,” a Swedish film about the man believed to be Olaf Palme's assassin. Even if you have no interest in the event, the series is so well acted it is…

Valley People (November 24, 2021)

EVEN THE WILDLIFE seems unpredictable these days. Beth Swehla's mini-farm at the high school was raided by a mountain lion, the first in-town such attack I can remember. Beth writes, “Hope you are on alert…

New COVID Treatments on Horizon

A new antiviral treatment that helps suppress replication of the SARS-2 virus is likely to receive Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA in the next three weeks.  SARS-2 is the coronavirus that causes COVID. …

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021

Dry Cold | 43 Cases | Manson Book | Sunset Surfer | Sports Lore | Washingmen | Money Cloud | Maximum Enforcement | Trent Video | Ed Notes | Turkey Hunt | Planning Commission | Chainsaw Carving | Vaccine Ingredients | Turn Back | Food Prices | Yesterday's Catch | AV Way | Scum Rises | Serfs Up | Rittenhouse Saga | Barack Bezos | Black Coyote | What If | Pancho Villa | Koch-offs | Demholes | Free Weed | Dangerous Times | Central City | SF Robberies | Ice Cliffs | Host Nations | Neoliberal Pandemic

Covid for Rookies

The Covid 19 toll seems staggering.  We spray disinfectant, wipe surfaces, practice social distancing, stay indoors so we can watch lots of TV and listen to news anchors tell us again and again of the…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Nov. 22, 2021

Weak Front | Legacy Site | Next Summer | Lago Story | Senior Fundraiser | Redistricting/CPUC | Greenfield Ranchers | Sheriff v Supes | Ortiz Collection | Winesong Raffle | Skunkville | Kelley Holiday | Christmas Crabs | Candlelit Shopping | Yesterday's Catch | Always Straining | Hop Barn | Rittenhouse Speaks | GI Jose | Stonervision | Bigotry | Family Turkey | Elder Drivers | Old Ukiah | Fantastically Corrupt | Old Growth | Whales | Artillery Musician | Kaepernick | Solar Customers | Yosemite Falls | Upgrade This | Elevated Tee | Backsliding Democracies

Drug Murder, 1944

Drug related murders come and go with frequency in Mendocino County. However, never was the term so true as in February, 1944.  The scene: Noon hour of a winter's day at the old Philbrick property…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021

Frosty Morning | Winter Light | Paul Lagomarsino | Officers Surrounded | Zachary Missing | Booster Eligibility | Pet Baby | School Goats | Paysanne Hours | Modern Chaos | FB Foodbank | Ukiah Mural | Open Studio | Transparency Deficit | Kayakers | County Realizations | Holiday Numbers | Glorifying Redbeard | Road View | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Breathing | Private Firefighters | Safe Now | Anti-semitic Poet | Gualala Locomotive | Killing Others | Shoot Someone | American Fascists | Cancel Culture | Bad Decisions | Giant Beer | Hillary Hulu | Kicking Heroin | 1936 Chevy | Subdued Rioting | Meghan's Summer | Sage Advice | Marco Radio | Albion River | Weed Bill

Living at Kah-la-deh-mun

Harriet Campbell Stanley Rhoades lives on the north bluffs overlooking Noyo Bay. Even in this region of beautiful vistas and peaceful spots, few places can compare with Harriet's. Her back door opens onto an infinity…

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