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Posts published in February 2023

David Harris (1946-2023): Good Guy

In an obit published on February 7, 2023, The New York Times called David Harris “an unlikely avatar of the antiwar movement.” That’s a ridiculous…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023

Between Storms | 101 Trees | Snow Stories | Public Safety | Snow Memories | Disgraceful Trail | Regina Heights | Covelo Fire | Arena Meeting | Mendocino Cafe | Grange Pancakes | Water Projects | Widening One | Dubious Items | Snow Vines | Ed Notes | Bebop Sundae | Art Exhibit | Willits Welcome | Blind Budget | LA Weird | Snow Reverie | Thatcher Hotel | You're Fired | SNWMF 2023 | Weed Money | Model Citizen | Lumberjack Competition | Parkour | City People | Look Not | Motel Scuffle | Ten Corporations | 1877 Trip | Yesterday's Catch | Avedon Pictures | Near Youtube | Ticket Squint | Mystic Madcap | Ridiculous Evening | Christmas Dinner | Marco Radio | Vegetarians | Orange Fixation | Hawg Stye | Rainmakers | Gift Weapons | Ukraine | Divert Attention | Gray Owl

Super Drought Super Bowl: The Goddess Sings

The land was parched, its people too. The rivers that had raged through the Nation’s once-wild Southwestern desert shrank in their canyons. Vast man-made lakes…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Feb. 24, 2023

Snowfall | Arctic Air | Road Closures | Brooktrails | Yorkville Bus | Terriers | Travel Caution | Snow Photos | Food Loss | Duck Row | Forty Oaks | No Quiz | Arena Lighthouse | Tom Notti | Log Truck | Wildflower Walk | Timmy Guilty | Broadband Bill | Cook Caught | New Doc | Kimberlin Talk | Angela's Ancestors | Yesterday's Catch | Hail Mary | Guess Who | L.A. Woman | LSD Album | Tell Tale | Bugs Influencer | Emma Upgard | Thoughts & Prayers | Men | 1890 Wedding | Ukraine | Girl Commandos

The DNC As Criminal Enterprise

The Editor rails against the Democratic National Committee and says, in despair, that there is no ‘left’ in the US. I know what he means…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023

Cold Snow | Between Storms | 253 Opened | Rain Rhyme | ID Found | Line Crews | Herb Event | River Access | Taproom Music | Therapy Dog | Solon Visit | Tech Support | Skunked Pet | Weedy Tales | Ed Notes | Celebrating Women | Albion v Caltrans | Whale Walk | 4H Presentations | Yesterday's Catch | Country Life | Carters | Ash Wednesday | Om | Avedon Exhibit | Starbucks Strikers | Oldest Ballplayer | Bad Food | Recycled Butter | Billionaire Qualifications | Real Art | Elder Advice | Ukraine | Snyder Triangulating

County Notes: Transparency, Mendo Style

For two weeks, last week and this week, the Supervisors have spent their meetings entirely in closed session, mostly conducting “performance evaluations” for six department…

It Came Out Of The Sky

Be sure and read Mark Scaramella’s excellent recent report from last week,“Veg-Mod Hell.” Here’s some brief background on this bewildering issue of the Weed Ordinance’s…

Letters (February 23, 2023)

It is almost tiresome to read that SMART trains are empty and our pathways unbuilt. In fact, over 46,000 people rode SMART in January…

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