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Posts published in February 2023

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 heads. Despite their frequent hosannas to “transparency,” the public has…

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 provision prohibiting the removal of even a single tree for…

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…

Off the Record (February 22, 2023)

TUESDAY, the morning of the three-minute snow in Boonville, I drove over the hill to Ukiah half-expecting a regular blizzard up top, but the road was clear, the sun in and out, and the Boonville…

Valley People (February 22, 2023)

ST. ELIZABETH’S CRAB FEED RETURNED WITH A SELL-OUT. After a short hiatus brought about by COVID, St Elizabeth Seton's Crab Feed was back at the Apple Hall on February 18th. The sold out attendance brought…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023

Coming Storm | Motorcycle Accident | AV Vista | Huffman Appearance | CA Snowfall | Covelo Dogs | Accreditation Visit | Climate Survival | Decertified Cop | Waterfall | Ed Notes | Shea Locomotive | Yesterday's Catch | Basketballer | Outside Play | Stovetop Choice | Big Cedar | Fishing Soundtrack | Monkey Barrel | Health Crises | Subway Riders | Draft Again | Morning Silence | False Foxes | Carter Panels | Woke Censorship | Ther | Retail Exodus | California Street | Cops Human | Best Friend | Suicidal Superpower | Upper Crust | Channeling Custer | SF Garter | Ukraine | Nixon 1960

When Giants Ruled The Board Room

“When Giants Strode The Newsroom” by Tommy Wayne Kramer, brought back memories of the mid-Sixties when I, a twenty-two year old native of West Virginia who graduated from a small college there and decided, in…

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