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Posts published in April 2022

$4.2 Million For Retroactive Dispatch On Consent?

The last item on Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting consent calendar is a retroactive, five year, $4.2 million renewal of Mendo’s emergency dispatch services contract with CalFire. REPEAT: That’s $4.2 million over five years on the consent…

Letters (April 7, 2022)

The Eel River’s embattled salmon and steelhead may have no better enemy than Guinness McFadden. In his recent letter to the Editor, the Potter Valley wine grape grower kicks up a fuss…

A Chaplain’s Letter from Vicksburg

William Lovelace Foster was regimental chaplain of Company F of the 35th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His regiment served at Vicksburg during the siege. Below are excerpts from Foster's lengthy letter to his wife giving…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Warming | Her Pets | Ukraine | Albion Wharf | Supes Notes | Lauren Buckhorn | Vacant Parcels | Camp Jobs | Angelo Failed | Meet Artists | Dry Time | Derailed Train | Water Conservation | Flowers | Dashboard Gone | Noyo Harbor | Ed Notes | CO2 Emissions | Beneficial Bees | Carrot Day | Contaminated Soil | Anthony Irvin | Wilson McFaul | PG&E Disgusting | Grand Opening | Library Tax | Bad Neighbors | Elitist Bureaucrats | Yesterday's Catch | Red Beetle | War Atrocities | Solidarity | Retail Annoyances | SF 1905 | Big Wrong | Mario Savio | Union Movement | Longshoreman Strike | Sex Threat | Temperance Society

Off the Record (April 6, 2022)

HIGHMINDED dude that I am, I don't remember ever watching the Academy Awards, but I couldn't miss all the excited media chatter last week about an actor named Will Smith slapping Awards host, comedian Chris…

Valley People (April 6, 2022)

DR. MARK APFEL’S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION: If Dr. Mark Apfel has ever helped you out when you or a family member or friend has been sick, now would be a good time to thank him for…

Second COVID Booster Approved

The FDA has approved the use of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines as a second booster last week.  The scientific evidence supporting this decision is data from Israel which was the first country to…

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