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Posts published in April 2024

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday 4/10/24

Warm | Bill Bradd | Wild Iris | Skatepark Scuffle | Ukiah Hills | Semi Standstill | Campground Open | Weather Whiplash | Track Plans | Groundwater Study | Fugitive Caught | Benefit Concert | County Notes | Tulip Tree | Floodgate Market | Earth Day | Death Cafe | Ed Notes | Mistletoe Eclipse | Whites Wait | Usual Ablutions | Gualala Supermarket | Save Print | SNWMF 2024 | Who's Crazy | Yesterday's Catch | No Help | Right Cocktail | PG&Egregious | Balsa Glider | Bad Proposal | Laffing Sal | Author Serra | Dishwashing | Bill Killers | Thinking Old | Vote RFK | Aged Advice | Hard Rain | Killing Truth | NPR Lost | Need Gun | Orwell Island | Hellbound

The Tyler Neil Celebration of Life

The Apple Hall at the Fairgrounds was beautiful: long runners decked with fresh flowers on every table, carefully assembled themed displays, hundreds of photos of Tyler living life to the fullest with his young family.…

Palace Hotel Declared Structurally Sound Only Six Years Ago

For decades “tear it down” has been a popular local mantra surrounding the Palace Hotel, Ukiah's most significant historic landmark.  Community naysayers say it is time to level the 19th-century structure, listed on the National…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 4/9/24

Sunny | Cloud Show | Solar Eclipse | Blood Drive | Walking Group | Hypnosis Meeting | Peter Principle | Horses | Newman Chat | Earth Day | Eigenman Memorial | MCHCD | Burn Day | Philo Greetings | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Thirsty Ag | Many Jobs | Wolf Dogs | Hitchhiking | Lady Wepner | USA Money | Farleys | Gaza Flotilla | Glorious Victory | Caen Files | Just Tulips

Boeing’s Snowballing Problems

That recent incident with the door falling out of a Boeing passenger jet in flight was attributed to “missing bolts.” According to the NTSB the door had been removed to repair some rivets; after the…

MSA

MSA is short for “moving stuff around.” MSA goes way back in my family. I’ve been MSA-ing for 50 years because my annual income has never hit $30,000. An MSA-er moves stuff him or herself…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 4/8/24

Warming | Westport Shack | School Day | Toddler Tragedy | Amy & Marty | Water Authority | Flight | Azucena Perez | Camellias | Palace Thoughts | Noyo Bluff | Narrows Work | Leggett Bear | Salmon Disaster | Turkey Tails | Ed Notes | You Tell Me | Weed Odyssey | California Girl | Pear Sheds | Yesterday's Catch | Ah, Clayton | Scenic Drive | Never Apologize | Eclipsing | MLB Hate | Mark Fidrych | Prison Yard | Another Swing | Toxic Food | Wrong Way | Killing Humanity | Dance | Dark Age | Talking Heads | Not Guilty | Intimate Stranger | Couple

Letters (April 8, 2024)

I was beyond bummed to read of your cancer diagnosis, not to mention an end to the print edition of AVA, though I'd trade that for your health in a blink…

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