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Posts published in March 2023

Valley People (March 29, 2023)

JANET GOLDEN-WHITEAKER: Dad told mom he would be right behind her, he kept his word. He passed away barely over a week after mom. Winfred Golden lived in the valley from the late 40's until…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Cold Front | Poppies | Bessie Carine | Office Job | Native Clearing | Rental Home | Ed Notes | KZYX Hiring | Beerfest Tickets | Lighthouse Tours | Raven Takeoff | Earth Day | DUI Sentenced | Molester Sentenced | Trillium Cafe | Ivermectin Story | Olompali History | Yesterday's Catch | Women Firefighters | Old Shack | Adventure Gals | Giants Banner | Shooter Caitlin | Appliance Salesman | Bravado BS | Eddie Gaede | Ukraine | Forest Defenders | Nuclear Madness | Let's Bark | Eastertime Carol | Woke Quest | Conover Interview | International Day

Cold Steel vs the 1972 Hippies

Boonville’s first-wave hippies called a meeting one Sunday afternoon to discuss what to do about a loose knit, perhaps mythical, Boonville vigilante crew calling itself Cold Steel, whose stated purpose, if you could find it,…

Cellar

It was referred to as the cellar, never called a “basement,” though I’m not sure yet I understand what distinguishes them. You could get down there either by the steep stairs leading from the pantry,…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, March 27, 2023

Rain Tonight | 101 View | Variety Show | First Iris | Homekey Not | Public Records | Anemones | Legal Advice | Science Retreat | Tommy Augur | Ukiah Valley | Who Scored | Swine Bill | Sioux Group | Modoc Book | Yesterday's Catch | Talbot Documentary | Arm Brace | Water Supply | Crossbred | Past History | Mostly Peasants | Taj Mahal | Deck Building | Stand Alone | Silicon Valley | Bedtime Liars | Ukraine | Iraq Again | Pistol Mouth | Another Rasputin | Biden Warning | 1955 Menu

Redheaded Black Belt

Kym Kemp has one of the best or possibly worst jobs around here. A self-made woman, she’s created her “Redheaded Black Belt” (RHBB) news website and become the most powerful person, or one of the…

Day Tripping in Berkeley

If you’ve got the urge to helicopter out of your rural life for a day, head to Berkeley for a good dose of urban interest. Twenty years ago I lived in Berkeley for 20 years…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, March 26, 2023

Sunny | Oyster Catchers | AVFD News | Winfred Golden | County Notes | AV Events | Pet Diva | Outrageous Fees | Car Wash | Ed Notes | Coyote Day | Earth Day | P&B Online | Ciro 100 | Yesterday's Catch | Goodbye Mammy | Annie Burke | Woke Cisgender | Cucumbers | Art Contest | No Bargain | Mt Tam | Marco Radio | Kinlaw News | Less Scary | Threats Assessment | Monetize Citizenship | Coffins | Store Closures | Tall Gilmore | Jumpers | Young Ronald | Ukraine | Chimney Sweep | Nukes | Survival Spots | Selling Iraq | Escapes | Concrete Art | Wild Corndogs | Extreme Heat | Selfie

And Now We’ve Entered The Protocol Pissing Contest

By the time this hits the newsstands/email inboxes for The Observer [Laytonville] readers, it will be three weeks to the day my husband Roland Spence and myself sacrificed 36 hours of our lives to operate…

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