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Posts published in December 2021

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021

Cool Cloudy | 12 Cases | Eminent Domain | Sierra Energy | Private Company | Skunk Chat | Philbrick Memorial | Young Jerry | Sherwood Update | 1890 | Water Talk | Protest Talk | Jack June | Seminar Lodging | AV Foodshed | Rain/Anti-Maskers | Crisis Facility | Outlaw Covelo | Yesterday's Catch | Dingbat Generation | Shambles | Trophy | Postfire Restoration | Oswald Speculation | Antiviral Medicine | Rabble | CIA Media | Pizza Afternoon | Rioter Sentenced | Culture Incident | Lighthouse Event | Justice Denied | Colorized Archduke | Marco Radio

The First Harvest Ball

Though we didn't know it at the time, the bustling Emerald Cup held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in December, 2019 — just before Covid-19 hit and the so-called Legal Cannabis Industry got undermined by…

The Murder of Cain

In 1859 Mendocino split off from Sonoma, forming a county of its own. In the first year of its existence marauding militias, like the one led by Walter Jarboe, murdered hundreds of Native Americans in…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Dec. 17, 2021

Cool Clear | 10 Cases | Jerry Philbrick | Rainbows | Correction | Ancient Modern | AVHC Construction | CoCo Caca | Crab Feed | Curtis Comments | Model Maker | Trailer Space | CDC Projections | Dirty People | Ed Notes | Santa's Lap | Sherwood Conditions | Salt Mine | AV Foodshed | Barbie 85 | Skunk Comments | Prohibition Ends | Dam Old | Yesterday's Catch | Lost Passos | Just Wrong | Arrogant Science | Super Qualified | Friend Unfriended | British Class | Republican Danger | SoCal | Goldilocks Zone | Beware Morons | Host Nations | Disinformation Agents | Secret Rascal

Anderson Valley’s Dump Heroes

Rural America’s local dumpsites have always been a magnet for me, partly because of their fairly convenient accessability  compared to city and suburbia’s formal garbage pickup services, partly because they also are serendipitous social centers,…

Stop the Consolidation Madness

County of Mendocino Board of Supervisors Chair, Dan Gjerde, provided an explanation (shown in italic font below) on why he supports consolidating the Auditor Controller and Treasurer Tax Collector into one elected office.  Gjerde: The…

Jerry Philbrick Dies

JERRY PHILBRICK HAS DIED, passing away at his Comptche home in his sleep. A native son of Mendocino County, Jerry Philbrick was a logger and rancher, and among the most vivid personalities in this area.…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021

Cold Clear | 6 Cases | 3 Deaths | Jackson Demo | Responder Awards | Sunset | Senior Benefit | Caspar Mill | Navarro Mean | Matsutakes | Broken Tester | Offspring Pizza | Cemetery Restoration | Boom Staff | Consolidation Ahead | Troubadour | Ed Notes | Rockport Bridge | Skunk On | Elk Singalong | Swim Free | Not Patriots | Kevorked | Meth Stop | Health Zoom | Holy Roller | Housing Report | Yesterday's Catch | Vaccine Effectiveness | Depraved Culture | Nuke Insanity | Musk Rat | Not Califf | Common Good | Abyss Gazing | Meadows Malarkey | Barnum Poster | Sites Reservoir | Whatever | Couch Potato | Patriot Portraits

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