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Posts published in March 2023

The Willits Farewell

My ad hoc midnight threnody serves as a collective farewell–– To Mark and Ina Walker and her sister Mabel Black, Mark told me how to grease a wagon wheel and sharpen a scythe, and he…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, March 18, 2023

Partly Sunny | Blattner Road | AVUSD Update | Benoit Art | Ed Notes | Second Opinion | Open Dam | Buckhorn 2011 | Vocal Ensemble | Kimberlin Talk | Hippie Aunt | Beth Ellen | Shelter Cove | Yesterday's Catch | Before Chainsaws | Another Day | Easter Carnival | Marco Radio | Irish Whiskey | SVB Run | Presidio Readings | Addressing Homelessness | Little Patriot | Coming Attractions | Fetch Rule | Joe Pepitone | Anti-Theft | Immigration Policy | She Persisted | Zombie Economy | Happy Trash | Ukraine | Annoying Dog | Woke Up | Great Fall | Irish Isle

‘Busy Solving Emergency, Paperwork Will Follow’

On Thursday, Feb. 23, around 6 pm, Highway 101 was closed in both directions from Willits to the Humboldt County line and motorists were stranded in Laytonville. The Laytonville Fire Department requested that my daughter…

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. I would hike due west from my house, down into…

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 a department struggling with internal turmoil and external scrutiny since…

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,…

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