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Posts published in August 2024

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday 8/28/2024

Apple Tree | Warm | Couple | Log Storage | Good Sports | BOS Anticipation | Agapanthus | Louise Housing | Per Se | Healdsburg Today | Ed Notes | Guthrie Theatre | Mule Breaker | Packed Issue | Opening Reception | McAbee Chat | Missing Mom | Yesterday's Catch | Sixties Guy | Free Klamath | Redneck Grill | Argentina | Tampon Dispensers | Big Feminist | Homeless Dumping | Profound Loneliness | Censoring Facebook | Stoners | Tulsi Endorsement | Drink Responsibly | Capitalism Myths | Donald 89 | Decoy Revolutions | Avid Reader | Phil Donahue | Lakota County

Boonville Fair In The 60s & 70s

The Anderson Valley History Museum has issues of the Anderson Valley Advertiser going back to the 1950s and forward into the early 1980s. When I want to get a picture of how things have changed,…

How Tim Buckner Ruined My Summer

Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street’ —Martha and the Vandellas, 1964 ‘Summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the streets’ —Rolling Stones, 1968 ‘Summer’s here and…

I Saw Fort Bragg’s Worst Car Accident Ever

[as told to Bruce Anderson, 2003] The following is a first-hand account of the car crash on Sherwood Road, Fort Bragg, Tuesday afternoon the 27th of August, 2003. Four persons were killed, three badly injured.…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 8/27/2024

Motel Sign | Warming | Rental Needed | Not Horses | AVUSD News | Garza's World | Rosebud | Oz County | Local Events | Ed Notes | Adult School | Grief Support | Helipad | Parks Gap | Uncanceled | Logging Show | Sanderlings | Silvicola Documentary | Nasturtiums | County Fair | Yesterday's Catch | Anybody Anywhere | Acorns | Deregulation Victims | Antisocial Freedom | Buy Art | Queer Musings | Tweakers | Topical Songs | We Don't Know | Busting Man | Headless | Birth Centers | Life's Savings | Imperialism | Corn Dogs | Enter RFK | Ice Man | Convention Speechs | I Know Things | J Street | Deja Who | Closed Eyes | The Opposite

Finding Peace In Redwood Valley

The paths that helped me heal after a horrible loss… The morning after my cat Sasquatch died, a friend suggested we walk at the Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley. That was cool Because I can’t…

The Boonville Fair: A History

An “old time country fair — country style” will welcome visitors to fruitful Anderson Valley next month. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13, 14, 15 are the dates posted on the big red apple painted…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 8/26/2024

Hopland Horses | Warming | Elk Protest | Local Band | Water Authority | Dahlia | Mundane Exigencies | Angelo Reserve | Sweeney Confession | Richardson House | Oakland Coliseum | Dolores Park | Hip Replacement | Yesterday's Catch | Teleportation Complaint | Reluctant Mongering | Clarkia | Israel Trip | Wanted Poster | DNC Tunes | Meet People | Labor Movement | Make Grave | Footnote Father | Strong Tea | Avoiding Escalation | Safari Shot

1888 Mendocino County: Yes, You Saw An Elephant!

Imagine this: It’s 1888 and you are a small child living on a ranch on the Mail Ridge Road in northern Mendocino County. You see the dust of travelers coming along the roadway and run…

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