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Posts published in March 2023

Anderson Valley’s First & Only Black Family

In Boonville, real wilderness can often begin a few feet from the pavement, as it does throughout the Anderson Valley and much of Mendocino County.…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, March 17, 2023

Partly Sunny | Swollen River | Open Spillway | FFA Convention | Waidelich Lawsuit | Party Weekend | AVUSD News | Hendy Redwood | Mendo Preschool | Name Changers | Pedicularis Densiflora | All Resign | Clueless Plan | Writers Gathering | Native Plants | Dogwash | Skunk Recipe | Garden Starts | Farm Supply | Musicians Needed | Post Quake | Sharpener | Vernal Equinox | Under 20 | Fast Ladies | Yesterday's Catch | Bay Outages | Deadheads | Winter America | Smoke Mommy | Tipping Wineries | Maori | Making Money | Cop Shows | Delta Sunrise | Alvin Coffey | Caltrans Women | U.S. Poverty | Life Expectancy | Vandalism | $100k Towns | Hyper Inflation | Ukraine | Shark Cage | Space Treaty | Same Haircut

Cedric Crook Appointed New Ukiah Police Chief

Cedric Crook, a 25-year local law enforcement veteran, is the new Ukiah Police Chief. The announcement Friday ended months of speculation about who would lead…

The Once Great, Now Late SF Chronicle

The fact is inescapable; the news media landscape has changed in the 21st century. On television, cable news channels have expanded exponentially and broadcast news…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, March 16, 2023

Sunny | Crabbers | Candidate Norvell | Puppet Show | Imaging Boonville | Woody Glen | AV Events | Cupples Hiring | Comptche Broadband | Ukiah Vineyard | Rainy Thoughts | County Notes | Live Music | Advisory Vote | Whale Watching | Ed Notes | Rescuing FEMA | Farmers Market | Patio Pond | Seaweed Exhibit | Cannabis Tax | Cat | Weed Woes | Scratcher Thief | Trail Meetings | Job Fair | Hiring Drivers | Decriminalize Psychedelics | Chile Powder | Covid Recommendations | Boonville Hotel | Theatre Review | Yesterday's Catch | Safe Schools | New Level | School Stabbing | Cruising | Leaders | Common Reaction | Facing Up | Homeless CA | Donny T | Great Economy | Bank Crisis | Sandwich Protection | Woke Joke | Another World | Jesus Alou | Ukraine | Driving Snakes

County Notes: Budget Bust

Next Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting agenda includes a mid-year budget presentation (i.e., more than two months ago.) In that presentation prepared by the CEO’s office, not…

Letters (March 16, 2023)

Like you, I’m happy at the idea of slowing down traffic through Boonville. But I am surprised that roundabouts were approved by the county without first being reported in local media…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Sunny | Enough | Flooded Highways | Road Workers | Raven | Bullying | AVUSD News | Swehla Honored | Usual Suspects | Road Funding | Albion Bridge | Ed Notes | Lousy Software | Egg Hunt | FEMA Deadline | Bragg CRV | Boonquiz | Ferny | MAC Benefit | PG&E Jokery | Post Quake | Be Prepared | STEAM Expo | Harmon Painting | NJ Bound | Feathers Competent | Katz Meow | Dogz Guide | Arena Discussion | Handley Sale | Small Ton | Beacon Blast | Confusion Dropp | Yesterday's Catch | Salmon Drought | Team Stehr | God Knew | SF Past | Dribbler | Social Security | Evans Photo | Talbot Documentary | Oregon Snow | Bullet Train | Upreel | Disappeared | Shawneetown | Money Changes | Bouton Book | Dem Bizarre | Adulation | Best Picture | 40 Rounds | Woods Queen | Hersh Interview | Ukraine | Swashbuckler | Next Ukraine | Manichean Worldview | Desert Bloom

Off the Record (March 15, 2023)

CURIOUS about how the hardy residents of Mendocino County's deep outback are doing in this unprecedented snow, I called former Supervisor, Johnny Pinches who, at…

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