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Posts published in June 2022

Sad, Serendipitous: Book Review

‘The Third Life of Grange Copeland.’ by Alice Walker, 1970 ‘Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker’ Edited By Valerie Boyd, 2022 ‘The Candy House’ By Jennifer Egan, 2022 * * * Many…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, June 11, 2022

Cooling | Covid Risk | Boonville Graduates | Engine Repair | Headland Ticket | Wrestling Program | PG&E Rampage | Caltrans Cleanup | Gjerde Dissents | Eel Tracks | Sales Tax | Laguna Ranch | Palace Remodeling | Symphony Concert | Waidelich Story | Ocampo Arrested | Giusti Sentenced | Wrong Bar | SAR | Yesterday's Catch | Charmian 1992 | Apaches | Stocks Fell | Warriors Win | Ukraine | Hattie McDaniel | Coded Message | 1903 Kids | Treasure Island | Jeezovan | Putin Markup | Drive-in | Revolting | Euro-English | American Progress | Children Need | Bostrom/Borgna | Marco Radio | Visigoths | Steinbeck Mums | Dehaven School | Trans Blowback | Satan First | Stood Up

Yorkvillian Visits Mendo Film Fest

Sometimes a rural dweller gets a longing for cultural input. Visiting museums, orchestral musical performances, and art openings can all fill the bill. Something like a three day film festival really raises the bar. At…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, June 10, 2020

Hot | Farmstand | Outstanding Ballots | Pronsolino 100 | SEIU Rally | Senior Transit | School News | Summer Reading | Creeper | Eco Picnic | Ad Question | OCDC | Ed Notes | Electra | Observations | Songbird Birthday | Noyo Suicide | Packard Grandkids | Water News | Alexa Bill | Kah-la-deh-mun | मुरलिया | Poppies | Narcan Save | Police Reports | Hospice Expansion | Yesterday's Catch | Ukraine | Play Dead | Wine Water | Tadpoles | Boudin Recall | Clara Brady | Uvalde Testimony | Regulate That | Foreign Policy | 65 Punk | Hate Laugh | Runaround | Nothing Left | Memphis Minnie | Worst People | Catcher's Mask | AR-15 | Progressive Strategy | Feminist AF | Proxy Warriors | Royals | Capitol Tourists | Censoring Dansky | Bono Nono | Liberals/Conservatives | Nixon/Elvis

From Cakewalk to Streetfight

Most years, elections in Mendocino County are pretty staid, predictable affairs. This is true particularly in the nonpartisan races such as supervisor and Sheriff, where there is generally little controversy and low-level temperatures. The 2022…

The Hundred Dollar Car

How often does it happen that you write what you want on a piece of paper, tack it up on a notice board outside a grocery store, and get a telephone call a day or…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, June 9, 2022

Warmer | SEIU Demo | Art Scholarships | Boonville Farmers | Scholarshipping AV | Ship Wrecked | Beer Food | Coyote Valley | Mendo Hippies | Caspar Dance | County Notes | Stateline 1941 | Free Concerts | PA Aerial | Belligerent Bullhorn | Lady Sako | Wine Rant | Yesterday's Catch | Ukraine | Boy Toys | Empire Media | Professional Looters | Game 3 | 2025 Mustang | Squaresville Tour | Drunk Basket | Electric Trucks | Election Consequence | 3 Shots | Schoolhouse Gulch | Trans Film | North Main | Grant Farewell | LAPD Ladies | Part 2 | Caspar 1938

County Notes (June 9, 2022)

One of the Supervisors’ major failures (of almost two dozen major failures and betrayals we’re tracking) is their failure to deal with the combined Treasurer-Auditor office that they created last year without a plan and…

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