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Posts published in September 2023

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023

Drizzy | Nelson Vineyard | Ocean Fatality | Dahlia | Second Suspect | Westport Beach | Virus Season | Drug Bros | Ed Notes | Mental Illness | Tugboat Ride | Stehr Day | Lighthouse Theatre | Fairgoers | Drum Circle | Invasive Treatment | Skyriders | Indian Trading | Horseman | So Sad | Yesterday's Catch | So Fat | Young Mother | Lightning Struck | Hard Work | Dressing Up | Coffee Cup | Swift Romance | Ukraine | Newsworthy | Brand Brouhaha | Bringdown Proof

County Notes (September 27, 2023)

A couple of readers asked why we didn’t cover the main points of the Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, specifically their decision to postpone enforcement of…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Sept 26, 2023

Clearing | Fire Extinguished | Second Suspect | Barrel Racing | Holiday Break | Goll Photos | Trans Policy | Fair Photos | Ed Notes | Jarboe History | Indian Massacres | BOS Failing | Low Wage | Defined Pensions | No Information | AV Village | Writers Read | Circus Week | Yesterday's Catch | Rehab Works | TP Patent | Young Fatties | Lobscouse | Burn Culture | Coach Deion | Cyberchondria | Special Friends | Vax Madness | Stairway | Stop Donald | Burger King | Election Deniers | Bad Clowns | Biden Enablers | DC Walkers | Nazi Problem | Stalemate | Ukraine | Peat Gatherer

Letters (September 26, 2023)

Money is a symbol, nothing more. It gains value from trading objects made of the planet’s resources. Money doesn’t sustain, nurture or maintain any organism…

Protecting Us From The Pigeons

It's a lovely day at Seattle’s ominous urban transit center, where drunks loiter and preachers preach; where litter blows in the wind, last week's vomit…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Sept. 25, 2023

Rain | Storm Cloud | Arena Homicide | View 253 | Timber Project | Sad Bear | Burroughs Memorial | Connolly Sought | Sea Rise | Carbon Capture | Military Complicity | Bloody Run | Big Band | Independence Revelers | Seivertson Sentenced | Just Nuts | Toxic Chemicals | Estrangement | Coast View | Fishing Pole | Yesterday's Catch | Diminuendo | Chop Suey | Friendly Advice | Mildly Bananas | Whale Tale | Dumbarton Bridge | Samoan Security | Roadworks Printing | Reconsider Cars | Lobotomy | Latino Museum | Math Atheist | Ukraine | Future Z | Sits & Stares

The Johnson Ranch

Late last month, I spent an afternoon at the Johnson home in Boonville with Gary, Wanda and Gary’s mother Eva, age 89, exploring the history…

Senior Living in San Francisco

About 20 years ago, Ed, my therapist, who was also a Tibetan Buddhist lama, assured me that the next big thing in my life would…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023

Cloudy | Sheepdog Trials | Panther Win | FBI Rumor | Two Horses | Drug ODs | FFA Eggs | CEO Report | Lazy Navarro | PG&E Trees | Pet Pair | AV Events | Old Springboard | Bewildered Exit | Willits Arts | Ed Notes | Kelley House | Dry Mendocino | Jâca Duo | Yesterday's Catch | Eel Reading | Flexible Elders | Marco Radio | 49er Venue | Quit School | Pitching Marathon | Coming Soon | Detour Aborted | DIY Burn | 2024 Candidates | Glad Hand | CW2 | Geezers Erupting | Menendez Gold | Tramp Steamer | Ukraine | Great Gem

Some Things Broken, Some Missing

Is there anything more to say or think or worry about with regard to the ongoing deterioration of downtown Ukiah? I’ve flogged the tired old…

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