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Posts published in April 2023

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, April 15, 2023

Mostly Sunny | Lake Mendo | $10k Reward | Hoax Update | Wildflower Show | AVUSD News | Wilderness Park | Fentanyl Man | Bunyan Scholarship | Ed Notes | Snow Mountain | April Is | Tempting Fate | Mo 2024 | Glory Years | Looking Ahead | County Names | Yesterday's Catch | Marco Radio | 1923 Schoolroom | Dystopian Society | Unregulated Militia | Downtown Denizens | Tea | Arresting Ishi | Hell Hole | Ukraine | New Clydesdales | Sowing Disorder | Iron Tail | Evil Order | House Afire | 911 Spell | English Spring

Books Worth Reading

The Editor has asked for recommendations. It’s Easter Sunday and I’m re-reading ‘The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’ — the gospel made plausible by humane Philip Pullman. Here are some more fave raves:…

Shelter From The Storm

Quick Weather Report Lots of folks have commented about how cold this winter has been. I agree, we’ve had a prolonged period from Nov. 1 to now where it’s been pretty damned frigid night and…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, April 14, 2023

Sunny | Flores Memorial | Wildflower Show | PR Panthers | Bridge Design | Dump Day | Author Event | Brut/Bakery | Rhody's Open | Bella Vista | Useless CPUC | Ocean Cliff | Wild Salmon | Ed Notes | Beaujolais Boy | Mendocino Street | Weed Tax | Variety Show | Bud Glut | Child Abuse | Economic Development | Avocados | Reading Signs | Yesterday's Catch | Voucher Alert | Stabbing Suspect | Front Porches | Homeless Camps | University Club | Wine Shorts | Gangster Suicide | Bar Joke | War Crimes | 2018 Zelenskiy | Sporadically Censorious | Book Burners | Sane Leadership | End War

When Hoaxes Aren’t Funny

On Sunday I had just returned from a rare weekend away with my adult daughter Cassidy, visiting dear friends as five of us met Saturday evening in Sebastopol to hear a familiar band play at…

Dan Ellsberg & The Bioneers

Daniel Ellsberg, who recently announced that he has prostate cancer and doesn’t have much longer to live, sent out an email in which he wrote, “It is long past time--but not too late!--for the world's…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, April 13, 2023

Frosty Mornings | Ride Needed | Navarro River | Local Hero | Riley Search | Panther Rico | Plant Sale | Napkin Art | Holcomb Talk | $90,000 Laundry | MAC Dinner | Public Records | Navarro Estuary | Haschak Sez | Parking Problem | Ed Notes | Old Highway | Yesterday's Catch | Abbie Hoffman | Batternuts | Duck Hunting | Lora Photos | Stinkin' Papers | Life Goal | Reparations | Pelican Crossing | Nordic Aquafarms | More Tats | Half Crazy | Express Myself | Blame Joe | Many Shots | Ukraine | Media Coverage | Problem Solved | Narrative Control | Tropical Fruits

What Happens When Officials Let Lawyers Run Everything?

County Counsel Christian Curtis, the highest paid public attorney in Mendocino County, was scheduled for a performance review during closed session on Tuesday, March 14. The Supes gave him a big raise a couple years…

Letters (April 13, 2023)

Watching 12 hours of a Board of Supervisor’s meeting is like watching killer whales trying to kill gray whales. There is a lot of circling, but you have to wait for the right moment for the biting…

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