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Posts published in August 2023

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, August 20, 2023

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Our Gershwin

For music lovers possessed of even a dollop of reason September was a grim month as paeans to George Gershwin crescendoed toward mega-sforzando on the 24th, the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Aside from their…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, August 19, 2023

Hazy | Mendo Fog | First Week | Bye-Bye Mattress | Ed Notes | Lake Cleone | Gualala History | Kelley House | Tent Issue | Little River Museum | McEwen's Hawk | $17 Million | Dressage | Dishonored Name | Casino Strategy | Honorable Bragg | Your Request | Ukiah Construction | Willits Mural | Greenwood Locomotive | Marco Radio | Yesterday's Catch | Bad Cops | 1958 Prices | Downward People | Living Earth | Hurricane Hilary | Acting Class | Lahaina Losses | Little Sailor | My Letter | Drinking Beer | Ukraine | Two Companies | Bumpy Ride | Four Indictments | Hero Making | Interesting Client | Beautiful Wave | Crumb Cover

Who Is The Best First Boss?

Before the Ukiah Costco opened for business in 2018, I talked with then-General Manager Michael Wiederholt as his employees were running around getting the store ready for customers. When one of those employees, 18-year-old Ashtyn…

My Muslim Mama’s Engagement, 1948

Selma sat in a corner of the big couch in her parents’ living room, hands folded neatly in her lap. Her father stood in front of her, stern and larger than life.  “If you marry…

The Palace Hotel Deal: A Predictable Collapse

I hate to say “I told you so”, but in my column a year or so ago, when Minal Shankar, the Wall Street whiz kid who was then expressing an interest in taking on the…

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