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Posts published in December 2023

Palace Hotel: Scaffolding Erected; Fencing Installed

Scaffolding and fencing were erected in front of the Palace Hotel this week in an effort to protect pedestrians while the future of the crumbling structure is still being decided. “We’re endeavoring to update, in…

Off the Record (December 15, 2023)

THE NEW GUY AT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT: “The newspaper is there to do what great organizations do, and hold power to account, and lift up the folks who need lifting up,” Fusco said. “To me,…

Pay Jackie Daniels!

Like an intrusive Jehovah’s witness or a cheap hooker I probe for those in need who qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) but are not yet on it. Many don’t know about their right to…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023

Warming | Dusk | Sandbar Breached | Toy Giveaway | AVUSD News | Ribbon Cutting | Grumpy | Bike Burglar | Messiah Singalong | Groundfish Amendment | Skatepark Radio | Jackie Potter-Voll | Willits Arch | Blood Drive | Naturalist Class | Sandbar Chat | Intersection | Ed Notes | Redwood Station | Millenium Memories | Yesterday's Catch | Food Crisis | Professor Redwood | Classic Draymond | Herb Caen | Wiser Women | Reimagining Birth | Fishing | Belief Blueprint | Z & B | Unbelievably Stupid | Hotel Esmeralda | Being Engaged | Solving Conflicts | Texas Politics | Jim Harrison | Sensitive | Going Away | Xmas Calendar | Alien Craft | Time Machine

Whistling Past The Budget Gap

At the beginning of her brief statement to the Supervisors on Tuesday morning, First District Supervisor candidate Carrie Shattuck, asked the Board: “Please bear with me, I may need an additional 15 seconds.” Here’s a…

Memories Are Made of This

Abolafia. That unusual surname on a mailing list of people who knew or claimed some connection to the late Paul Krassner triggered a memory of the easiest money I ever made (for my boss) as…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023

Chilly | Navarro Sandbar | Clow Ridge THP | Messiah Singalong | Extra Candy | Bower Park | HSMC Meeting | Officer Gowan | Craig Returns | Dock Denizens | Foot Bailing | Holiday Party | Maxwell Painting | Strawberry/Chile Preserve | Slick Booklet | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Crab Feed | Coast Highway | Young Lawyer | The Squatter | Airline Merger | Israel/Palestine | Chomsky 95 | Big Dave | Substack Attack | Palestinian Hostages | Your Parents | Catalog Assembly | So Young | Gaga Clothes

Cubbison Did The Right Thing; Then…

The irony of it all. Chamise Cubbison did the responsible thing in February 2020 by seeking a legal opinion from the County's high priced outside attorney about DA Dave Eyster and his disputed spending practices. …

The U.S. Is Funding This…

The humiliation of the U.S. government, which is actively complicit in providing the weaponry, funding, and UN vetoes backing the Israeli government’s attack on the civilian Palestinians/Arabs in tiny Gaza, is in plain view daily.…

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