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Posts published in August 2022

Plugged Out

Not by accident. In fact, intentionally. I am not plugged in; I am plugged out. Every day, I see my opposites, who confirm my choice.…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, August 4, 2022

Typical Summer | Blue Meadow | Goat Girl | Sponsors Sought | Philo Felines | Ag Equipment | Sand Castlers | Art Walk | Museum Events | Argus 1949 | Innuendo Fest | Ed Notes | Elk Day | Shooting Pelaez-Chavez | Healdsburg Zocalo | Small Boats | Augie Heeser | Vin Scully | MTC Leadership | Alice Porterfield | Post Roe | Yesterday's Catch | Eureka Video | Ukraine | Fords 88 | Jones Epiphany | Gun Tommy | Anesthesiologist | About Medicare | Turtleneck Texan | Revolutionary Russell | Goat Head | War Myth | Salvation Day | Top Nonsense | Korean Boxing

County Notes: Ag Commissioner Fired

Last week we noted that a senior employee was on the Board’s closed session agenda for discipline or dismissal. Turns out it was the Ag…

Letters (August 4, 2022)

Being the lost or forgotten coast is nothing new to longtime residents of Gualala and Anchor Bay. Parking, traffic, speed limits and local schools were the concerns of the day back in 1984…

COVID Rebound

With President Biden experiencing a return of COVID symptoms, there has been a flurry of news reports on “COVID rebound”.  Let’s look at what this…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Warming | Sam Prather | Boonville Fair | Frogtime | Arson Fire | Quiz Night | Beware Fentanyl | Haschak Zoom | Comen Appreciation | Ukiah Fair | Artist Demo | Funny Water | Ed Notes | Senior Benefit | Homelessness | Beach Boulders | Seems Wrong | Local Flowers | Sea Stories | Rotary Fundraiser | Toxic Lake | Yesterday's Catch | Dried Plants | Mind Massage | Worm Machine | Volunteer Pay | Cheatah | David Chavez | Other Cheek | Fresh Water | Old Timers | Pelosi Misadventure | Against Trump | Ukraine | War | Military Errors | Coffee Traits | Extreme California | Burning Coal | WWIII | Kinder Guardians

Off the Record (August 3, 2022)

A WOMAN called the other day to say, “I know who's setting all these fires lately.” I asked her if she'd called the Sheriff, not…

Valley People (August 3, 2022)

SAM PRATHER has died. A complete obituary to follow, but most of us know that Sam was born and raised in the Anderson Valley where…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Warming | Smokey Sun | Coastal Influence | Basketball Champs | Sam Prather | Barn Sale | Council Candidates | Comptche Firefighters | Fair Deals | Blackberry Festival | Nasty Letter | Boonville High | Antle Test | McKinney Fire | Ed Notes | Bunyan Returns | Airport Robbery | Police Reports | Yesterday's Catch | Magic Word | Woke Olympian | Albion Communards | Krishna Retirement | SLO Water | Trifecta USA | Alternate Reality | Melania Realization | Please Hold | Curie Newlyweds | Execution Wear | Big Gust | Pelosi Provocation | Stand Off

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