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Posts published in November 2023

Synagogue

My first visit as a would be worshipper to a synagogue in about 75 years took place last Saturday. The visit was inspired by a pervasive feeling that I wanted to pray. But I cannot…

Valley People (November 10, 2023)

LEMONS MARKET, PHILO, is getting hit hard by shoplifters. This morning, Matt Lemons, showed me a clip from the market's security camera that shows a van carelessly, or drunkenly, or stoned, or all three, battering…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023

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Off the Record (November 9, 2023)

DAVID SVEHLA IN SF WRITES: Oaky Joe’s letter, “Hyper Regulation Coming Soon to Mendo,” captures the current zeitgeist quite well! I’m proud to have met Oaky. His personal story, cannabis saving his life from alcohol,…

Kangaroo Looking For A Court

Here’s the latest installment in the super-politically charged, three-ring legal circus that is the Chamise Cubbison affair. At the Oct. 17 BOS meeting, the County’s ever-escalating fiscal dilemma was propelled even further into chaos when…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023

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County Notes: Williams Suggests Keeping Measure P Funds

Just as we warned… Anyone who watches gangster movies is familiar with that stereotypical line usually delivered in a heavy Brooklyn accent where the mob boss adjusts his tie, twists his neck, shakes his head,…

‘Our Concern Is Public Safety’

The Ukiah City Council voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to approve a resolution ordering the owner of the Palace Hotel to take significant action within the next 30 days to either stabilize the building to mitigate…

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