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Posts published in August 2022

Absolutely Fabulous

There is nothing like an unanticipated dance scene on stage or screen: the twist contest in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (an homage to, among other cinematic…

Surgery Sedation & Dead Hens

I went into Adventist, Ukiah, a week ago last Tuesday — and stayed four days. If you know anyone needing gut surgery I so recommend…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, August 27, 2022

Cooler Breeze | Witness Ignored | Elk Day | Museum Hit | Villarreal Portraits | Bad Accident | MCHCD Meeting | Bainbridge BBQ | Boonville Water | Navarro Hotel | River Restoration | Thirsty Grapes | Women/Children | Hendry Investigation | Calfire Deception | Schools Update | Skunk Lawsuit | Sundry Shop | Inland Water | Lemos Family | Art Nominations | Flowers | Rainbird | Hauling Timber | Love Story | Acorn Festival | Wild Batsman | Yesterday's Catch | Angry Post | To Die | Ukraine | Nuclear Waste | World Domination | Overcome Fear | Hitchhikers | Legacy Media | Planted Documents | This Week | Seabee History | Ill Wind | Auto Polo | Women Fishing | August Forage | Marco Radio | Crime/Punishment

Songs of Expedience

Jonathan Allen of NBC News got a big scoop August 20 when he ran into Dennis Rodman in a Washington, DC eatery. Rodman was in…

Karen Mathes

Karen Alveen Mathes was born in Oakland, California, June 24, 1951, to Aili and Joseph Mathes, the oldest of five children. She grew up in…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, August 26, 2022

Warm Interior | Old Cloverdale | Dick Bailey | Suspicious Disappearance | Girls Basketballers | JDSF Rally | Needs Parts | Shenoa History | SoCo Suffragettes | Dem Picnic | Smallest Numbers | Ed Notes | Delicious Dinners | Safe Cycling | Yesterday's Catch | IRS Facts | Unpaid Taxes | Harvest Time | Pomo Dance | Pit Bulls | Texas Billboard | Student Debt | Old Drive-In | Higher Education | Dog Trick | Days Gone | Wrong Squared | HuffCat | Delta Reconsideration | Gypsy Funeral

Grandma Stubblefield, an American Frontier Icon

I had visited Susan Stubblefield’s grave in Evergreen Cemetery numerous times, had heard about this early Valley settler’s memoirs for years and finally got around…

When It Comes To Water…You Need The Facts

Without a doubt most County residents know little if anything about something called the Mendocino County Water Agency (MCWA or “Water Agency”). It was originally…

Murray Sentencing Next Tuesday

People vs. Murray, the sentencing, is scheduled for 3pm next Tuesday, August 31, in the Mendocino County Courthouse, Ukiah, Judge Ann Moorman presiding.

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, August 25, 2022

Persistent Stratus | Laytonville Rodeo | JDSF Logging | Fitness Nook | Usal Pier | Resort History | Portable Planetarium | MCN Future | Caspar Brewery | Shop Class | Log Turner | Public Shun | Bragg Meeting | Thirsty Grapes | Ed Notes | Murray Protest | Yesterday's Catch | Lesson Learned | Half Off | Ukraine | Re-Protect | Raid Disappearance | TV Influence | Small Acts | Same Old | Cooperstown Visit | Cow Party | Water Diversion | 1844 Pack

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