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Posts published in November 2024

A Short History Of Early Mendocino County

Feliz Creek at Hopland is a parched summertime expanse of dry streambed barely discernible as a water course. Only when it comes alive in the winter as it runs off from its headwaters in the…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 11/9/2024

Wet Ahead | Craft Fair | Cubbison Case | Local Events | Ballots Update | Crow | Wildcats Escape | Pomo Restoration | Honoring Veterans | Armistice Day | Monday Transport | Observatory Avenue | Willits Theater | Witter Springs | Ed Notes | Redwood Drive-In | Yesterday's Catch | Off Grid | Wandering | Artsy Fartsy | Marco Radio | Keep Calm | New Right | Underground Press | Fine Artists | Talk Radio | Running Shoes | Big Oil | Freuds | Don't Listen | Organized Money | Probably Not | Gas Up | Grieving Friends | One Wish | Billie Holiday | Dem Blowhards | Ignorance Better | Aborted | New Book | In DC | Your Words | Trump/Obama | Lead Stories | A Joke | Tooth-Fairy Politics | Burlap Pillow

Accomplishment Propaganda

A presentation for next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting is entitled “Department Accomplishments.” The presentation gets off to a stumbling start as the first department listed is Assessor – Clerk/Recorder – Registrar Of Voters whose…

Announcements 11/9/2024

EDDIE VEDOLLA JR Eddie Vedolla, Jr. a descendent of Guidiville and a member of the Yurok Tribe, passed away in Ukiah, CA on October 25, 2024 at age 49. Eddie was preceded in death by…

Mendocino County Today: Friday 11/8/2024

Clear Skies | Serenity Found | Palace Update | Reflection | Top Performers | People Too | Ethical Investing | Wap | Runway Reconstruction | Acorn Day | Compost Opposition | Moo | Redwood Sculptor | Ed Notes | Training Bender | Early Logging | Biden Banner | Yesterday's Catch | Canadian Border | Lurie Elected | Liberty | Wine Shorts | Depressing | Found | Fight On | Fly Catchers | Live Local | False Prophet | Maybe Not | ICBM Test | Break | Nitwit Kimmel | Creative Talk | Prison Labor | Cyanide Pie | Lead Stories | Reunited | DNC Autopsy | Teatime | Cultural Despair | Sadism | Hawk Hook | Leaflets Aloft

Gatsby/Trump, A Century Apart

Way back when I was an undergrad student at UC Santa Barbara, a fair number of Vietnamese refugees had been and were being relocated to the “student ghetto” of Isla Vista. Some of them even…

Off the Record 11/8/2024

EARLY MENDO RETURNS (15,265 votes counted out of an estimated 53,000-plus turnout) as of Tuesday evening: President: Harris 10,029; Trump 4782, RFK Jr. 223, Stein 122. State Assembly: Chris Rogers 9764, Michael Greer 5125. County…

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