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Posts published in March 2023

Bacharach: ‘Where’d It Go?’

The lyricist and composer Sammy Cahn once quipped that Burt Bacharach “was the only songwriter who didn’t look like a dentist.” Many, indeed millions, were similarly bewitched by the looks of this greatest song-master of…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, March 11, 2023

Wet Ahead | Woody Glen | AVUSD News | Greenwood Potluck | Boonville Water | Celebrating Sally | Ecstatic Dance | Charging Stations | Vocal Ensemble | Ted Disappointing | Tire Dump | Fox Mendo | County Notes | Silent DA | New Chief | Bank Stock | Ed Notes | Film Tricks | Nevedal Questions | 1865 Bridge | SNWMF Lineup | Earthworks | Snowbound | Yesterday's Catch | School Violence | Nouveau Poor | Ukiah Drifter | Woodstove | Flood Risk | Social Science | Chronicle Decline | Cross Jesus | Marco Radio | Purdy Repair | Basement Wish | Dems Lost | Guv Drag | Inverted Reality | Black Thoughts | Strong Enough | Ukraine | Art Appreciation | Sy & Dan | Snowy Owl

The Tragedy of Attica

The Temporary Inmate “Charles Pernasilice, Haunted by the Violence at Attica, Dies at 70,” said the hed above a photo of a lanky, handsome young man standing outside a municipal building with his right fist in…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, March 10, 2023

Break Today | Road Clearing | Manzanita Closing | Whale Walks | Bragg Busts | Lake Mendocino | Mendo Added | Incubation | Damage Survey | Grange Breakfast | GJ Awareness | Crab Feed | Name Changers | YesterSnow | Warming Center | Egg Hunt | Volunteer Training | Variety Show | Science Fair | Winemaker Wuethrich | Resurrect Rail | Yesterday's Catch | Hay Drop | Mostess | Drug Dealers | Time Flies | Good Show | Unhousing Unhoused | Adventure Gals | Deadman Hiking | Fairyland | Panther Poster | Public Trust | Constructive Criticism | Sideways Story | Journalism | Rowling Feelings | New M&M | Israel Denial | Tree Trunk | Taibbi Statement | Biden Budget | Ukraine | Canned Goods | FBI Bumbling | Turkey Vulture

Yorkville Snowmageddon 2023

On Thursday February 23rd around 5:00 I was driving home from a job off Peachland Road in Boonville. It was very cold and raining but I knew that home in Yorkville at a higher elevation,…

Thank You, Richie!

Richie Henderson, an iconic Ukiah native son, is having his 15 minutes of fame. Richie’s sweet face is emblazoned on a big billboard along the northbound lanes of Highway 101, garnering the attention of locals…

Jimmy, We Hardly Knew Ya

The Governor of Georgia was waiting on the front steps of his mansion as our vehicles approached. You wouldn’t have guessed that he was the Governor of Georgia, as he was dressed in white pants,…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, March 9, 2023

Rain Ahead | Bell Springs | Skatepark Meeting | Live Music | Gardens Work | Hazardous Weather | Video Magazine | Snow Story | Geyserville View | Alpine Symphony | Movie Memories | Proudmobile | Ed Notes | PG&E Mobilizing | Yesterday's Catch | Decline/Collapse | Popular Bernie | Gold Fever | Funicular Cars | Fiat Information | Jupiter | About Race | Abduction | Ukraine | 50,000 Years | Homeopathic Killer | Ruinous Master | Owl Gaze

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