Many seasons ago I was dragged into service by a softball team I’d never heard of to play a position I’d never played. It went poorly. For the second time in my life I was…
Posts published in July 2024
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES in the interior this weekend, followed by slow warming early to mid next week. Coastal areas will remain cooler with occasional to persistent low clouds and periods patchy, coastal drizzle. There is…
California taxpayers probably paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a slick half-hour ad on NBC Bay Area Sunday night. It was quite the propaganda coup, although we doubt many people actually watch “OpenRoads with…
I was midway into my first cup of coffee one long-ago morning when my 16-year-old daughter plopped her one-gloved self (it was the height of Michael Jackson mania) down at the kitchen table and informed…
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES in the interior this weekend, followed by slow warming early to mid next week. Coastal areas will remain cooler with occasional low clouds and patchy fog. (NWS) STEPHEN DUNLAP (Fort Bragg): On…
During the first year of his first term, Supervisor Ted Williams correctly pointed that Mental Health Services in Mendocino County should be competitively bid, not handed over to the Schraeders Anchor Health Management (aka Redwood…
CALLING ALL CANDIDATES Candidate nominations are open for school, municipal and special district offices up for election in November. Registered voters in Mendocino County who are interested in running for any of the available seats…
A SERIES OF FIRES broke out Thursday afternoon near the Anderson Valley Grange. Burning on both sides of Highway 128, the blaze, reported at 3:30pm, spread rapidly into the hills near Prather Camp to the west, Vista…
MOUNTAIN VIEW ROAD CLOSURE Beginning Monday, August 5, 2024, there will be road construction on Mountain View Road outside of Boonville. Traffic may be delayed up to five hours due to the size and limited…