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Posts published in November 2023

Marching

Marching for a cause was hardly an innovation in this country by the time the now historic August 1963 March on Washington took place. There had been hundreds of previous processions, some dating to the…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023

Rain Begins | Warning | Tough Loss | Native Celebration | Candidate Packets | Driftwood Tree | Two Dinners | Yellow Chanterelle | Thanksgiving Pies | Ed Notes | AG Request | Locals Night | Benefit Dinner | Soccer Lucinda | Marco 65 | Yesterday's Catch | Gaza Poster | Fueling Sympathy | Not War | Ukraine | AIPAC Corrupts | Darkening Days | Conspiracy Kit | Wicked Answer | Abusive Context | Long Shadow | Pencils Ready | Mommy High | Super Meth | El Capitan

Ukiah Soundtrack: Howls & Roars

An out of town guest was visiting for a few days and while we were on the back deck dawdling over a sampler of Ritz crackers, Velveeta cheese and PopTart hors d’oeuvres, we discussed Ukiah’s…

William Saroyan

I'm not sure that William Saroyan, author, playwright, and genius, can be legitimately described as a San Franciscan, but we like to claim him, although he was born in Fresno and now spends most of…

Supervisor Williams Announces For State Assembly

FIFTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR TED WILLIAMS via Twitter:“Today [Monday, 13 November] I filed as a candidate for California Assembly District 2. I decided to run because our rural northern communities need a stronger voice in California.…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Nov. 13, 2023

Rain Cometh | Gualala Beach | County Notes | Boletivore | Train Wreck | Sunset | Reinstate Chamise | Pothole Reflection | Grounded | Stehr Search | Starlings | Short-Term Rentals | Future Farmers | Boonville Potluck | Red Valley | Council Ultimatum | The Seafarer | Toy Drive | Pacific Horizon | Aging Hippies | Draft Notice | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Tweeker Takeover | My Mary | Fruit Flies | Conservation Easements | Plagiarism Software | Niners Win | Ukraine | Sins Man | Gaza | Quake Damage | Patty's Pardon | First Dunk | She's A Lady | Bond Double

Letters (November 13, 2023)

Let me check in with what’s wrong with SMART: Lack of connectivity. By this, I mean it’s not connected to other transit systems.…

Mendocino’s Great Register of 1894

Want to be a voter in this county in 1894? A potential voter provided the following information: name, age, height, color of complexion, hair color, eye color, visible marks or scars on your body, occupation,…

Morning at Haight

The Haight is haunted, particularly in the mists of early morning, much the same as Steinbeck’s Cannery Row was before it was malled over. Before the skeletons of the old canneries were ripped out, I…

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