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Posts published in March 2023

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 channels have expanded the hours devoted to news. On radio,…

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 the Auditor, there’s a section called “Summary of General Fund…

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 age 71, is still running cattle above the Eel River…

Valley People (March 15, 2023)

BIG NEWS: MARK BOUDOURES: Recently I have seen Cal Trans survey crews in Boonville. I knew something was in the works so I investigated further and learned of a planned project approved by the county…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Rain | Atmospheric River | Hendy Flooded | Roof Collapse | Bragg Housing | Rivers Merge | Rental Space | Roundabouts | Bridge Widening | 101 Sliding | Cars Out | Piano Concert | Issue Spotting | Raindrops | Weed Exit | Mendocino 1868 | Cannabiz | Planning Agenda | Overflow | Ed Notes | Bank Crutches | Predator Night | Variety Show | Emotional Incident | Name Changing | Yesterday's Catch | Kym's Kommunity | Die Laughing | We Saw | Spec's | Raider Garoppolo | Oscars Awards | PG&E Robbery | Capitalism Collapse | Taxpayers Pay | Nancy Green | Melville Rewrite | Oops | USS Fallujah | Top Employee | Money Trouble | Samurai Zelensky | Ukraine | Killing Budget | More War | UFO

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