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Posts published in May 2023

Ownership Dispute Shadows Ukiah Valley’s Event Showcase

Rivino Winery is a happening Ukiah Valley showcase on the eastside of Highway 101. It is a wine tasting and entertainment venue with swag. Beyond the tasting room is a tent-covered performance area with a…

MLB Will Accept Pesos

On the eve of the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres recent two-game series in Mexico City, the Chronicle ran a long piece by Susan Slusser on April 28 about “The Giants’ Mission for…

Eat, Get Poisoned. Don’t Eat, Starve.

I’ve always thought the fastest way to make a bunch of money is to steal a U.S. Mint printing press and start running off 20s in the garage. Not so sure anymore.  A car wash…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, May 4, 2023

Scattered Showers | Cloudscape | Wildflower Show | High Tea | Mobile CRV | Redwood Valley | Bookshop Hiring | Realtor Allman | Pillsbury Reduction | Holcomb Talk | Seaweed Jobs | Stages Meet | FEMA Assistance | Time Bomb | Apple Blossoms | Ed Notes | Marmon Bound | Train Wreck | Yesterday's Catch | Other Dimension | Red Dot | Dos Rios | Hello Consumer | Radioactive Vapor | Feinstein Finale | Eureka Video | Necessary Drugs | Naming Haystacks | Tax Rich | Many Bananas | Release Julian | Proceed | Handling Losses | Ukraine | Comedy Museum | Dumbest Thing | Aldous Huxley

Grape Growers Grab Gobs of Water During Drought

At the end of a record-setting three-year drought from 2020 to 2022, the Mendocino Wine industry managed to produce a comparative record amount of grapes in 2022, almost 62,000 tons, 30% more than the previous…

Supes To Repeal Unlawful Public Records Ordinance

As most of you know, for the past month I’ve written a series of columns, drawn from legal briefs I’ve prepared, outlining how County Ordinance 4705 (so-called Public Records Act Ordinance) violated the California Public…

Letters (May 4, 2023)

I am appalled by the actions of my fellow board members! Keeping healthcare on the coast is more important than anyone’s personal agenda…

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