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Posts published in August 2024

My Life As A Rabbi [2003]

Asked to a recent wedding in Virginia (it was a family affair on a grand scale), the proud parents asked if I would do some sort of officiation. It would be my second inning in…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 8/6/2024

Cattle | Warming | Crash Site | Gooseneck Loosestrife | Volunteers Needed | Hard Work | Save School | Navarro Redwoods | Bomb Thoughts | Welcome Melissa | Caltrans Projects | SF Bussing | Big Time | Eel Restoration | Train Trestle | Walking Moai | Fox Kill | Royal Extension | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Sick Humor | Cannabis Grant | Hte Ppl | Vote Hopefully | Visual Economy | Perception | Batty Boggs | Balancing Act | Magical Candidate | Rumperstickers | Interesting Times | Homeless Result | AIPAC Hit | After Skool | Miller 2025 | Burned Out | In Beirut | Good Seat | Israeli Soldiers | Roasted Chestnuts

The Real Deal On The Homeless Mess, In Case You Want To Know

In the past month I’ve written a couple of pieces on the homeless dilemma looking at what I call the Unholy Trinity, those inextricably intertwined maladies of homelessness, mental health afflictions, and substance abuse. We…

Assignment: Ukiah – California Stupid, And How I Got It

Down South people think all Californians are either gay or work in Hollywood; we forgive them as they forgive us for believing all southerners are racist, uneducated redneck brutes. Caricatures of our fellow citizens are…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 8/5/2024

Poppy | Warm Interior | Randy Bloyd | Eyster Problem | Estuary Landscape | Kennedy Sympathy | John Perrill | Covelo Woes | Jumbo's Hiring | Maritime Cafe | Red Taped | Sailboat | Ed Notes | Book Signing | Single File | Yesterday's Catch | Recession Fear | Mother's Comfort | Substitution Food | Elvin Returns | Hippie Bust | SF Homeless | Ina Coolbrith | Vanilla Scent | Borneo Return | Miracle Life | Boo! | Bear RFK | Hugh Thompson | Israel's Weekend | Happy Guy | Empire Problem | Naked King

The Mental Health Insurance Contract Maze

The other major item on Tuesday’s agenda — after the Board gave themselves a big raise, connected future raises to their own handouts to subordinates, and ignored critical public comment as usual — was another…

Ukiah Transfer Station Fire: Likely Sparked By Lithium-Ion Battery

An improperly disposed of battery likely sparked the fire that destroyed a large building at the Ukiah Transfer Station early this month, the Ukiah Valley Fire Authority reported. So many bales of recyclables, some of…

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