YESTERDAY'S HIGHS: Ukiah 106°, Yorkville 103°, Laytonville 103°, Covelo 103°, Boonville 101°, Fort Bragg 61°, Mendocino 61°, Point Arena 58° HOT AND DRY weather is expected in the interior again today. Temperatures are expected to…
Posts published in August 2024
Last week we completed several investigations into illegal marijuana cultivations in the Round Valley area. I received a lot of telephone calls regarding these investigations. Some folks were complaining while others were extremely thankful. I…
Whatever shall we do with Dave Eyster? We can shake our fists and yell at him but we can’t eat him. We can write mean letters to editors but we can’t chase him around the…
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Last weekend two great fairs presented themselves simultaneously. For true fair lovers this was indeed an embarrassment of riches. The trouble was that one full day of total fair immersion just about does you in…
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…
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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…
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…