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Posts published in January 2025

Names On The Land

As a historian researching the history of mineral and hot springs locally I became enthralled and entertained browsing through “Durham’s Place Names of California’s North Coast” covering Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake and Trinity counties.…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 1/20/2025

Crab Opener | Cold & Clear | Fran Kolinor | Temp Swings | Council Candidates | Mexican Fare | Keep Dams | Phone Scam | Two-Basin Grant | Coastal Railroads | Utility Profiteering | Most Hated | MLK Loitering | Ed Notes | Doing Time | Maximum Discomfort | Mendocino Headlands | Yesterday's Catch | Very Edge | Mug Shot | People's March | You Lost | Postseason Loss | Unspoken Belief | Sing | Fire Suppression | Sixties Guy | Resnick Water | Sellout | Admirable Jimmy | All Wrong | Get Ready | Rotunda Directions | Inaugural Chill | Retiring | Left Outside | Incessant Warning | Action Comics | That Bad | Behind Bars | Known Rivers | Lead Stories | Freed Hostages | Sisters

Letters 1/20/2025

I was sad to hear of the passing of James M. Marmon. Although he was controversial, and his style was a bit brash, Mr. Marmon was a former social worker for Mendocino County who was also a whistleblower…

The Myth Of School Board Efficacy

Norm Thurston: “…With regards to public education, anyone who is unhappy with it should run for the school board.” Have you looked at local school board agendas lately? They’re monopolized by non-academic subjects put before…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday 1/19/2025

Gradual Clearing | Officials Appreciation | Get-Cubbison Conspiracy | Dustin Popped | Women's Rally | Bragg Fool | Pruning Contest | Strike Team | Senior Smoker | Hotel Trashing | Pomo Exhibit | Pelfrey Case | Pet Cherry | Ed Notes | Pomo Trails | Commune Memories | Mendo Reservation | Yesterday's Catch | Never Answer | Imagined Fears | Fire Lessons | Dominica Visit | Marco Radio | Dark Voices | So AI | Understanding Power | Is Us | Were Here | Ceasefire Deal | Techno Era | Day Two | Hillbilly Hegseth | Warrior's Path | Deportee | Black Power | Bumble Joe | After Capitalism | Biden Decline | Borg Moon | Final Speech | Auto Mechanics

County Lawyers Trying To Block Emerging Details In Cubbison Civil Case

Attorneys for the County of Mendocino are attempting to block further sworn depositions by key officials about behind-the-scenes events leading to District Attorney David Eyster criminally charging former Auditor Chamise Cubbison and her subsequent suspension…

Hands, Fingers, Nose And Throat: Re-Doing Dylan

On the last Sunday of this past October, a Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest broke out in Washington Square Park in New York City. Dozens of participants and thousands of onlookers thronged to the event and…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 1/18/2025

Fern | Gradual Clearing | Danny Johnston | Ed Notes | Supe Whiteboard | AVUSD News | Local Events | Bridge Safety | Art Show | Adult School | Big Fir | Marine Ecotour | Ukiah Athletes | Rodeo Meeting | Niggardly Boobs | Fish Ladder | Yesterday's Catch | California Dreaming | Super Sport | Marco Radio | Colfax Resigns | GG Moon | ICE Fear | CA Rail | LA/Gaza | Separate Water | Market Metal | Helping Out | Horse Drink | State Farm | Shlockmeister | Responsible Reform | Chem Lab | Burned Homes | David Lynch | Solitude | Overdrawn | Husseini Video | Lead Stories | Wise Fools | Adios Joe | Reincarnation | Trump 2.0 | Crow Tepee

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