Way back at the start of senior year at our coastal Southern California high school, one of my very best friends Tom said to me…
Posts published in January 2024
What the heck is a Doghole Schooner and what does it have to do with Mendocino County history? Let me explain. It’s your local history…
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As the upcoming election nears, I would like to share my thoughts. I retired nearly two years ago after serving 15 years as Mendocino County Treasurer-Tax Collector, so my views come from inside and outside public service…
Vietnam, G.I. was a first-rate newspaper founded and edited by SP/5 Jeff Sharlet in January 1968. It was an almost-monthly tabloid. This piece is from…
It was the winter of 1956. The Vice President of the United States, Richard Nixon, was trying to convince voters that he would be a…
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Crime novels are as common as the cold cold or the coronavirus, but riveting crime novels set in northern California are as rare as criminals…
Bainbridge Island, Washington. It was 1973. I was eight years old and Hollywood was into disaster movies. Somehow, I fibbed my way with a friend…