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Posts published in March 2024

Killer Horses

Before his birth, Ed Sniece's mother galloped her steed down the cinder traces of the old railroad bed parallel to the river. Her favorite bonnet usually dislodged no farther west than the Macdonald ranch. Like…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 3/25/24

Dry Day | Gordon Black | Boonville Vista | MUSD Cuts | Brown Pelican | Palace Neglect | Civic Club | Narcissistic Gall | Beyond Hope | Bananas Sluggeta | Landline Service | Drip Fixed | Boonville Bard | Better Memory | Ukiah Jailbreak | Branscomb View | Three Questions | Yesterday's Catch | Cougar Attack | Circus Dogs | One-Legged Athletes | Women's Basketball | Extraordinary Belief | Mt Rushless | Last Harvest | X-Ray Dept | Time Stopped | Otter Quest | Teenage Mentality | Collective Punishment | TJ Letter | Cafe Table | Holy Bloopers

Strong Towns, Weak Agenda

Ukiah’s City officials are hoping to rev up some of that old school spirit with an artificial “competition” among a few other cities, probably none so deficient as Ukiah, but you play the hand you’ve…

Frisco, Macy’s & The White Working Class Male

Did I cry when the newspapers announced that Macy’s in San Francisco was closing? No, I didn’t, though I have known about Macy’s and have shopped there on and off and mostly off for more…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday 3/24/24

Showers | Leek Flowers | MS Notes | Neil Family Benefit | AVUSD Update | Pumpkin Patch | Strong Comm Scam | Weekly Extravaganza | Bunyan 68 | Unity Club | Beer Fest | Restore Ukiah | Call Numbers | Security Team | Improve P&B | Pinches Observations | Current BOS | Hendy Fungi | Bunyan 51 | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Marco Radio | Winterland Marquee | Safeway Cart | Lifelong Republicans | Tadich Grill | Political Curry | Zap | Prop 1 | Unknown Hopper | Lost Coast | Me Worry? | Peer Review | Early Wheel | 31 Books | Soda Fountain | Farmers' Wives | My Chauvinism

Off the Record (March 24, 2024)

NO SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE CHANGES with the County Election Team’s latest update. Mulheren’s small percentage lead over Ukiah challenger Jacob Brown in the Second District Supervisors Race increased to 52-48%. Mulheren has 1,287 to Brown’s 1,191…

Meeting Doug Holland

I was going to be up in the Seattle area and wondered what it would be like to meet Doug Holland, who chronicles his daily life with a blog (‘Diary Of A Fat Slob’), a…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 3/23/24

Showers | Creekside Tracks | Doing Well | AVA Readers | Redwood Violet | AVUSD News | Overdose Spots | FFA Conference | MS Notes | Frog Woman Rock | Salvage Palace | Tsunami Test | Bess Bair | Planning Agenda | Please Re-Read | Sorrel Patch | Ancestral Trip | Yesterday's Catch | Half Beans | Steelhead Return | Ferlinghetti 2012 | Fame Game | Run Spot | Executing Willie | Contains Nuts | AI Censoring | Tittle Picked | Gino Lawsuit | Arles Avenue

Valley People (March 23, 2024)

TYLER NEIL of Yorkville died late last week of complications from pneumonia after falling ill in January. The Benefit on April 6 at the Fairgrounds in Boonville is still on to raise money to help…

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