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Posts published in August 2023

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, August 5, 2023

Warm Weekend | Smoky | Audit Request | Falling Crew | Water Test | Not Healthy | Busy Realtor | Fair Cow | AVUSD News | Roses | Ed Notes | X-Rated Haiku | Opioid County | Silhouette | Weather Stations | PG&E Policy | Goat Munch | Lackadaisical Supes | Ukiah Construction | Strike Vote | Featured Artist | Garth Fundraiser | Muscle Beach | Code Enforcement | Weed EIR | Palms | Pre-Bidders | Exciting | LR Museum | Planning Agenda | Yesterday's Catch | Fully Subsidized | The Mick | Marco Radio | Trader Joe | Debt Repudiation | Lazy Tennis | Party Makeovers | That Stupid | Trump Indictment | Slackerman | Ukraine | Tiny Williamson | Biden's Quagmire | Denial Persistence

Ludwig & The Bomb: An Oppenheimer Symphony

After Beethoven, few have been the composers named Ludwig. Number two on the list was Ludwig Spohr, reasonably big in his day, though only fourteen years younger than his illustrious predecessor. Spohr’s posthumous reputation makes…

The Rear View

In 1969 we watched Michael Parks in his TV series “Then Came Bronson” riding his Harley Sportster wearing a watch cap, with apparently everything he owned strapped on the bike, a sleeping roll, and a…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, August 4, 2023

Warming | Robert Pardini | Raid Lawsuit | Tub Wanted | Mental Contracts | Willits Valley | Tight Skunk | Seeking Peace | Opioid Money | AVA Thing | Ed Notes | Van Gull | Public Records | Poultry Team | Fair Time | Super Support | iPhone Basics | Westport Fundraiser | Storm Assistance | Parade Planning | Rental Sought | Queenie Relocated | Cleaner Coast | Wine Right | Elise Drexler | Senior Benefit | Unfair Practice | Yesterday's Catch | Unattached | Farm Quarters | Growing Food | Wayne Trouble | Medical Marijuana | Low Rider | Altamont Fallout | Not Afraid | Jailhouse Heat | Celebrity Accomplice | Dump Trump | Witch Hunting | Elite Journalists | Shell Logo | Facebook Files | Orwell/Huxley | Ukraine | Jet Rings

’Nuthin’s Happenin’ Here’

Immigrants have been coming to California for centuries, enduring journeys of thousands of miles by walking months or years through dangers and deprivations you and I can scarcely comprehend. “Americans” were living in a land…

Hot, Pot, and a Lot

Quick weather note In case you’re wondering about our warm weather, you should know that since June 29th we’ve had 10 days at or above 100 degrees. Global warming or just regular, old summer patterns?…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, August 3, 2023

Cool | Coast Fog | Supe Pay | Cocaine Shootout | Hopland Geiger's | Weed Search | Medical Marijuana | Redwood Flat | Grape Battle | Algae Creek | Debate Date | Too Dirty | Soul Circus | More Outages | Garden Sculpture | Ukiah Fair | Power Trio | Ed Notes | Book Light | Lighthouse Tours | Geese | Gardening | Grandpa Domingo | Toohey Book | Duke Snider | Vida Blue | Solomon Radio | Yesterday's Catch | Hip Dorks | Tree Magic | IHSS News | Aprons | No Ablutions | Ukiah Knuckler | People Know | Water Recycling | Hot Tarmac | Smith Save | Selective Socialists | 78 Counts | Hunker Down | Tow Service | Russian Dissent | Ukraine | Drone Attacks | Alien Fear | Malibu Sweatshop | Harriet Skye | Late Night | Picnic Dreams | Victorian Hippies | Wannabes

County Notes: Employees Union Authorizes A Strike

According to a notice on Saturday from the Union’s negotiating committee, a surprising 92.4% of all members (not just of voting members) of the County employees union SEIU 1021 have voted to authorize a strike…

Letters (August 3, 2023)

We are dependent on outside food; our best food insurance is active mini-farms.…

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