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Posts published in September 2022

Dirty Plea Deal? I Doubt It

We can hardly encounter a steaming chunk of news media these days without being forced to consider the matter of the Guilty as Hell cop who got a sweetheart deal despite wronging an innocent lass…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022

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An Inside Look: The AV Food Bank

Writing a story about the AV Food Bank after it has provided 40 years of service to our community turns out to be mostly a tale of many generous people. Robyn Harper whose name pops…

Reunion On The Playa – 2022

Gathering together again the first thing Burners heard on the Black Rock playa was the laughter of old friends reuniting after three years. It was a love fest for those of us who go for…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022

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John Burroughs: An “Arkie” Teenager Heads West

To continue my “Arkies” in The Valley stories, I thought I would explore the life of an “older” immigrants’ child. As Einstein theorized over a hundred years ago with regard to age and time, everything…

New Fort Bragg Mural: ‘From Finland To Fort Bragg’

The mural is located on a south-facing wall in the alleyway off the 300 block of N Franklin Street. It will depict one strand of Fort Bragg’s interwoven history: Finnish immigration during the late 1800s…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Sept. 23, 2022

Fair Weather | Fresh Albacore | Mushroom Class | Trevor Gunby | Pomo Rancheria | Fair Anticipation | Weekend Schedule | Grassroots Institute | Equinox Sunset | Unity Club | Greenwood Millpond | Murray Case | Mendo 1975 | Ed Notes | Harvest Time | Bower Park | Yesterday's Catch | Oberg Film | Tomato | Toxic Brew | Hare | Fish Kill | Jack Dempsey | Dave Foreman | Coffees | Lincoln Duel | Country Squire | Bike Thief | Shepherd | Putin's Threats | HGscape | Proxy War | Got Greens | Anti-Intervention | Cultural Revolution | Narrative Matrix | Job Dressing

Excised Justice; What Is The Fire Tax?

We are already seeing fallout from the sweetheart plea deal in the case of former Ukiah Police Department Sergeant Kevin Murray orchestrated by Mendocino County D.A. David Eyster, Murray’s lawyer, and ratified by Superior Court…

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