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Posts published in July 2023

Why 100 People Love Anderson Valley

Always looking for things to write about, it came to me that it would be a good idea to ask others what they loved about Anderson Valley. Unfortunately I told people the deadline for responding…

Freedom’s Just Another Word for Something New to Sell

“Everyone always has the fanciest reasons for what they do.” –Lillian Hellman The headline atop the Times sports page June 21 was a sanctimonious lie: “In Homage to Mays and the Negro Leagues, MLB Heads…

The Long, Hot Summer

“Vladimir Putin is clearly losing the War in Iraq.” — “Joe Biden,” US President Russian Revolution Two kicked off the long, hot summer freak show of 2023. Unlike Russian Revolution One (1917), which lasted over…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, July 8, 2023

Cool | Blackpoint Beach | Eileen Better | Dr. Werra | Breakdown Musical | Ukiah Streetscape | Pelicans | Addiction Problem | Vulture Roof | Train Exhibit | Gowan's Cider | Supe's Agenda | Dust Art | School Sale | Paddle Fundraiser | Concert Series | Geese | Ed Notes | Outlaw Ambush | Wayne McGimsey | Yesterday's Catch | Baby Talk | Roseland Progress | Without Salmon | Tremors | Cheap Gas | Morganna | Telenovela Queen | Comedians | Marco Radio | Monopoly | Biden Family | Read Label | Drama Queens | Ukraine | History Tragedy | Olive Tree | Russian Novel | Writing Catch | Zelensky Rock | Censorship Complex

Coast Hospital District Fund Transfers

On February 23rd, with two members absent, the Mendocino Coast Health Care District (MCHCD) Board of Directors heard an emergency agenda item. The bottom line for this item was that the board treasurer, Jade Tippett,…

Prigozhin’s March On Moscow

In late May, the pro-Kremlin political PR hack Konstantin Dolgov published a startling interview with Yevgeny Prigozhin, the commander of the Wagner private military company. Prigozhin said that the entire “denazification and demilitarisation” rationale behind…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, July 7, 2023

Cool | Howard Creek | Bunyan Belles | Cemetery Maintenance | Fuentemobile | Busy Weekend | Cruise Control | AVUSD News | Starfish | Toad Hall | Murder Suspect | SoCo Lawsuit | JDSF Meeting | Ithuriel's Spear | County HR | Earth First | County Matters | Ground Cone | New Ownership | Crab | Ed Notes | AI Fun | Planning Agenda | Sula Art | Succulents | Mendo Presbyterian | AV Telephones | Yesterday's Catch | Visit Kate | E=86'd | Upcoming ICD | Blum Exhibit | Sex Sensation | Begin Over | Pretending | Aging Warriors | Tenacity | Dueling Dystopias | Cornel 2024 | Moral Courage | Golden Rule | Summer Kitchen

Mendo Winemaker Paul Dolan

A Mover and a Shaker in Mendocino County Wines Lived a Life of Deep Roots and Forward-Thinking, Legendary North Coast vintner Paul Dolan died at his home on June 26, 2023. His life traced back…

Bowl Of Borscht

Flying Oakland to Burbank meant saving a couple hundred bucks. So headquarters could spring for a cab, instead of the Muni/BART/shuttle journey. A Georgian — not the Atlanta kind — arrived to haul me across…

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