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Posts published in August 2022

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Gradual Warming | Blue Pacific | Water Coalition | August Heeser | Huckleberry History | Cottage Nursery | Sea Level Rise | Frances Casey | VFW Fundraisers | Police Academy | $16,000,000 Mystery | Baptist Church | Cry Poor | Lost Steer | Ed Notes | Mendo Invasion | Blinking Cursor | Yesterday's Catch | Bloomberg Transit | Candidate Walker | Young Communist | Dumbing Down | Chalet Builders | Ukraine | Probable Cause | Bee Bestiary | Conquest Pretext | Uncharted Waters | FBI Surprise | Rubbery Cheeseburger | Oregunian | No Return | Neighbours

Off the Record (August 10, 2022)

CAROL BRODSKY: Very sad to report the passing of Al Krauss. He was in renal failure, flagged for a bit and a fall several days ago took him to the Summerlands. So much to say.…

History of Pharmaceuticals and Their High Cost in the US

The cost of prescription drugs in the US is the highest in the world and by a substantial margin.  We pay over 250% more for medications than similar countries. If a person is fortunate enough…

Valley People (August 10, 2022)

ALBERT EARL ‘SAM’ PRATHER Age: 80 Scion of early Mendocino County Pioneers. The Prather Ranch was established in 1854. Sam Prather raised sheep and cattle in Anderson Valley for over 70 years. Some of his…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Cooler | Pink Ribbon | Info Dribble | Mendocino 1959 | Ed Notes | Okolona Gang | Unacceptable Behavior | Laura Heeser | Planning Agenda | Millsite Sunset | Huckleberries | Ford Kids | King Hops | Yesterday's Catch | Red Sun | Ukraine | Ammo Depot | Climate Emergency | Analog Reader | Family Separation | Freud Boys | Old Joe | Greatest QB | Guevara Reader | Library Cat | Mar-a-Lago Raid

Mining Mount Shasta

I am standing at the base of Mount Shasta on a late summer day as rivulets of snowmelt bleed out of rock and fill up a small pool whose waters will join other pools and…

The Invitation

I got an invitation yesterday to the opening of an art exhibit at The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, NC because our family lent a painting to the show a couple…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, August 8, 2022

Climatologically Normal | Al Krauss | Elk Coast | Teacher Wanted | Olsen Kids | Dangerously Flawed | Referee Appreciation | Tourists Shootout | Six Rivers | Macdonald Book | Fair Photos | Humid Heat | Johanna Boyle | Slow Deal | Riley Barn | All Aboard | Yesterday's Catch | Woke | Ukraine | Ancient Evil | USF Regret | Say Chesterfield | Food Advice | Selkirk Street | Goofy Movie | Surfer Girl

Proactive Environmentalism

Call them the king and the queen of the endangered monarch butterflies. Ole Schell and Elizabeth Weber, both of whom grew up in a world of privilege, have put their own privilege to work for…

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