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Posts published in April 2023

Vietnam: The War That Rocked The World

Watching Steve Talbot’s new documentary, The Movement and the "Madman," reminded me of my own opposition to war, and also that over the past 75-years, US soldiers have gone into battle and died on distant…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Sunny | Joaquin Arrested | Stan Miklose | Sky Fire | Job Offer | Plant Sale | Saving Sweetwater | Ortega Mural | County Carryover | Beer Fest | Repeal Ordinance | Frog Woman | Price Comparisons | Latino Scholarship | 100 Women | Craft Fair | Boonville Menace | Hedgehog Closed | Old Schoolhouse | Yesterday's Catch | Warriors Win | Math Puzzle | Physical Contact | Carriage Ride | Coachella Experience | Going West | San Quentin | Ice Cream Social | Biden Again | Not War | Sky News | Much Violence | Ukraine | Firing Carlson | News Coverage | Ellsberg Week | Harry Belafonte

County Notes: Look In The Mirror, Supervisor McGourty

(Annotating Supervisor Glenn McGourty’s Supervisor’s Report for next week’s board meeting…) “Budget Ad Hoc Committee: Supervisor Williams and I serve on the Budget Ad Hoc committee and attended all the department meetings to discuss proposed…

Spring Turning

After several weeks of hesitation, it appears spring has finally sprung in Northern California. The seemingly endless rains of this winter have finally ended and the temperatures are warming, though frost remains a possibility. In…

Letters (April 27, 2023)

There's a little house for sale in Boonville, asking price $650,000. No one in AV makes enough to buy it.…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Warming | Headlands | Financial Reporting | Quizless | Swingless | Forest Fundraiser | Garden Tour | Rummage Sale | Poetry Celebration | Didion SF | Ed Notes | Winter Thaw | Chant Prep | Covelo | Island Encounter | Yesterday's Catch | Stupider | Congressional Spine | Owner Blameless | Not Surprised | Wage Battle | New Joe's | New Crucifix | Dick Carlson | No Prostitutes | Drugs | Junius Groves | US Elections | Psych Wifi | Disinfo Firehose | Self Serve | Liar Liar | Women Trouble | Digital Colonization | Ukraine | Leeds/Liverpool

Off the Record (April 26, 2023)

LINDA BAILEY COMMENTS: Re: County Budget: Watching Williams and McGourty at last week’s BOS discussion of financial and budgetary matters brought to mind Charles Fraizer’s line in Cold Mountain: “They call this war a cloud…

Valley People (April 26, 2023)

FUNDRAISER FOR ANA CARRILLO LAST SATURDAY, April 22th, a well-attended fundraiser was held at the Philo Grange for local mother and grandmother Ana María Carrillo who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 terminal uterine cancer.…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Warming | Ukiah Valley | Pebbles 101 | Insect Repellents | Board Appalling | Albion Bridge | Carol Brown | Brewery Music | Oboe Concert | Unity Club | WoodCharles | Music Books | Choir Concerts | Variety Show | Dog Commentary | Darkroom Course | Huntington Beach | Ed Notes | What's Happening | Lucky Bugs | Expensive Gift | Vacation Rentals | Yesterday's Catch | Retardant Pollution | Oakland Commons | Gadfly | Cat Healing | Marin City | Jack Packed | No Guns | Not Again | Dating 2023 | Delaware Joe | Gas Lines | Big Lies | Edible Flowers | Reform Needed | Schoolday | Ukraine | Survival | Bashful Alley

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