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Posts published in November 2023

Bach & the Catskill Golden Spike

One thing the American public schools used to teach—or tried to—was the memorization of dates. At the top of that list were 1620, 1776, 1861, 1945. One of my favorite bathroom books remains the Timetables of…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023

Shower Chance | Clouds | Playoff Game | AVUSD News | Panther Sports | Standard Time | Asphalt Paver | Big River | Automat | Not Okay | Retiring Businesses | Raven | Ukiah Construction | Tree Lighting | Patterson Checkup | Stenerson Memorial | Palace Order | BOS News | Caught | Permit Process | Arch Rock | Short-Term Rentals | Verbing | Fire Cameras | Holiday Parade | Planning Commission | Golden Moon | County CLEO | Pawpaws | Drainage Easement | Marble Slap | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Vinnie's Query | No Waiting | Marco Radio | Dry Socks | SF Impressions | Fatal Error | Hunter Op-Ed | Stolen Card | T&P | Jewish Americans | Canary Fun | Gaza | Ukraine | Roth Library | To Live

Valley People (November 4, 2023)

COACH JOHN TOOHEY'S ROARING PANTHERS: AV defeated Cornerstone Christian from Antioch 58-40 on Friday night. Cornerstone played within six points of undefeated inevitable league champs Roseland last week, but last night they could not keep…

Ozempic & Wegovy

The New York Times science writer Gina Kolata is the older sister of Judi Bari, but that’s not the item, as Mr. Caen used to say. Kolata is a serious weight lifter. Perhaps due to…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Nov. 3, 2023

Cloudy | Fall Back | AVUSD News | Excellence | Chestnut Festival | Pancake Breakfast | Beyer Hunt | Store Window | County Notes | Cubbison Affair | Harvest Tidrick | Ed Notes | Northern Song | Charles Diaz | Mental Health | Katsuura Remains | Boonville Hotel | Great Register | Scary Costumes | History Tours | Yesterday's Catch | Teaching Hospital | Am Delicious | David Mitchell | Bikers | Weed Optimists | Solve It | Rail Freight | Budget Deficit | Eavesdroppers | Mega Landowners | Weirdo #1 | Dao Prize | War & Peace | House Bill | Hanoi Vendor | Gaza Tunnels | Ukraine | Chief Tecopa

County Notes: Dubious Claims

Independent Coast Observer reporter Susan Wolbarst covers the Board of Supervisors for the ICO. In her October 20, 2023 report about the suspension of Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector Chamise Cubbison, Wolbarst says that “Since election, she [Cubbison]…

Letters (November 3, 2023)

We have a quick question about which the AVA may have some knowledge (and an opinion!). We just received notice that the County is raising the Williamson Act property taxes…

Harry Bridges [1953]

For a world-famous city, San Francisco has a surprisingly small coterie of so-called “celebrities” (a celebrity being, I would say, someone who is widely known outside his own community and his own field of endeavor).…

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