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Posts published in November 2023

Fixing Problems: Starting With The Cubbison Affair

Before getting down to the business at-hand today, I want to let you know that all politics aside, I am personally embarrassed to live and work in a county that is as dysfunctional as this…

Beyond My Powers To Reject

By the time I knew enough to know where I was but not how I got there, I was four years old and living in Cleveland, Ohio. I probably shrugged at the news. You will…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

Light Rain | Panther Victory | Candle Making | Ocean Waves | Music Series | Pet Tucker | Watershed Meeting | Lake Emily | Name-Change Meeting | Handkerchief Tree | Ed Notes | Pond Cabin | Drainage Debris | Peace Songs | Makinen Book | Fifth Bridge | Yesterday's Catch | Bacterial Lake | O Lord | Meet People | Doubly Taxed | Weekend Off | Couch Coyote | Huffsplaining | Smartphone Zombies | Gaza | Native Dispossession | Dug In | Senior Center | Ukraine | Nov 1932 | First Words | Short Windows | Marco Radio | One-Man Band | Traffic School | Crows | Historic Blunders | Pawnee Brothers

Another Tale From The Hills: The Sociopath

Remember the case of the whole family who died recently, one by one, over a period of several years? The father, Mike Nicklin, was a sociopath, the mother Joanne Herbert, an abuse victim trapped with…

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…

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