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Posts published in May 2023

County Notes: Trevor Mockel’s Devotion To Public Service

Recently, a youngish man named Trevor Mockel, age 32, from Redwood Valley, announced his candidacy for Mendocino County First District Supervisor (representing Redwood Valley, Potter Valley and the Hopland area). His announcement was accompanied by…

Letters (May 25, 2023)

The Fort Bragg City Council will be holding a special one-item meeting on Monday June 5th to address the proposed Grocery Outlet…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Sunny | Iris | Hospital Retrofit | Riley Missing | Card Skimmer | Doe | County Notes | Book Launch | Water Use | Round Valley | Ed Notes | Another Carrie | Stretch Vows | Seedheads | Ride Snacks | SNWMF 2023 | Tie Hacking | Yesterday's Catch | Pride Season | 11/11 Memorial | SCOTUS | Quanah Parker | Medical Bankruptcies | Spanish Fanatics | Phenomenal | Rail Lines | Imagine Healthcare | Risky Business | Jim Brown | Scary Visitor | Covid Cops | Canine Rehab | Ukraine | Loyalty Oaths | FBI Investigation | Lindbergh Timeline | Unleashed Cat | Space Law | Country Store

Off the Record (May 24, 2023)

DIANE KEARNEY, aka TR FACTOR, has died at age 89, a month shy of her 90th birthday. Ms. Factor lived for about ten years on the upper Mendocino Coast, and was a regular contributor to…

Valley People (May 24, 2023)

THE UKIAH WOMAN killed last week in a single-vehicle crash near Navarro that also hospitalized the driver, Timothy Marino, was identified Tuesday as Christa Brodsky, 41 of Ukiah. She was the sole passenger in a…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Breezy | Amphibious Aircraft | PV Project | Pill House | So Cool | Shelter Closing | Haschak Report | Boardwalk | Unity Club | Sunset | Planning Agenda | Dino Guilty | Walmart Shopping | Thirsty Grapes | Guthrie Show | Mendo Brickmaker | LOVE Coordinator | Navarro Nurseyman | Yesterday's Catch | Retire DiFi | Sponsor Jackets | Ed Notes | Grizzly Dreams | Griner Standing | NorCal Tranq | Red-Headed Nut | Facebook Friends | Strange Days | Everything Broken | Motivational | Crib Girls | Ukraine | Kreuzland | Mr. Z | Space Station

The Making of Sal ‘The Barber’ Maglie

Sal Maglie: Baseball’s Demon Barber by Judith Testa, Northern Illinois University Press, 2007; 463 pages. It took an art historian from a midwestern college to give Sal Maglie the biography he deserved. The subject seems…

Marie Helmey, The Last Of The Hot Lead Typesetters

Marie the mystery woman was so much the mystery woman it was hard to find out her last name, but it was Helmey, Marie Helmey, the older lady in the long black coat with a…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, May 22, 2023

Sunny | Lake Mendo | Earthquake | Navarro Dog | Patchen Journal | Ed Notes | Must Tell | Skatepark Joy | Phlebotomy Training | Heavy Logging | Sick Dog | Water Group | McGourty's Term | Yesterday's Catch | Gender BS | Thumbs Down | Colorful Houses | Latin Culture | Econ One | Silent Partner | NorCaro Issues | Yellow Journalism | Bridge Jumping | Janis | Quoting Orwell | Writer Fears | Dolphin Swim | Russian Myth | Scorcese Film | Stay Late | Look 1954 | Penny Thoughts | Banana Rotten | Covid Shaming | World View | Ukraine | Book Market | Witch Hunt

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