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Posts published in February 2025

Letters 2/23/2025

Like many residents of Mendocino County, I am concerned that our County government is not paying attention to the needs of the majority of the people.…

Bowl Or Bust: Cicero, Trumpius, And Lamar

It is the year LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly returned to the Consulship. BCE stands for Big, Crazy Entertainment, and it…

Cubbison Case Prelim Resuming Amid New Disclosures

A preliminary hearing in the Chamise Cubbison criminal “misappropriation” case resumes Monday amid new disclosures about the roles of key County officials who allegedly engaged behind the scenes to oust the embattled Mendocino County Auditor-Controller.…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 2/22/2025

Rain Later | Russian Gulch | Orval Lee Janes | Fentanyl Meeting | Palace Hotel | Worsening Budget | Turkeytail | Prom Stuff | Unity Club | Mendo 1900 | Profound Mess | SFGate | Drunk LaLanne | Open Spaces | Lights-Out Gang | State Street | Yesterday's Catch | Coffee Switch | Marco Radio | Nikola Tesla | Movie Talk | Magnificent Specimens | Salmon Numbers | Unick Pleads | Chucking USAID | Lyndon Hot | Counterculture Memories | Take Him | Forest Service | Shoe Fits | Data Purge | Cruel World | Funny Money | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Fail Caesar | Young Jack | Lead Stories | System Overthrow | Prescott Prices | Remote Control | Capitalism Religion | Wagon Riders | Funeral Blues | Angry Gods

Valley People 2/22/2025

IF YOU remember Maggie's in Yorkville you can call yourself Almost An Old Timer. Ditto if you enjoyed tacos at Leo's in Yorkville where Leo, a wonderful performer, always had the latest jokes and even…

Supes Make No Decision On Weed Expansion

This past Tuesday, February 11, the Board of Supervisors once again took up the issue of a so-called “re-interpretation” by Cannabis Department staff of a provision in the Weed Ordinance that restricts cultivation areas to…

Mendocino County Today: Friday 2/21/2025

Mostly Sunny | High Country | Cubbison Case | Spring Coming | Wine Jargon | Dumpling Party | Yolla Bolly | Ed Notes | Mill Site | Writers Read | Headland Cove | Fight Back | Economic Blackout | Forest Health | Citizen Look | Yesterday's Catch | Callahan Interview | Water Filter | Fired Workers | Operation Greensweep | Dylan Butts | Public Interest | Wright Brothers | Trump Creep | Many Elephants | Wine Shorts | Dada Time | Burden Shift | FDR Principles | Public Education | Watering | Snoopers’ Charter | Storyteller | Lead Stories | Six Guys | Obama Scandals | Wood Humor | Daybreak

Announcements 2/21/2025

PALMA TOOHEY GETS WELL-DESERVED AWARD On Monday, February 17, 2025, Anderson Valley Lions Club and Lions Club International presented Palma Toohey with the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award. This is the first time this prestigious award…

Shooting From The Hip Camp

It’s understandable that the Mendocino County Planning Commission had trouble coming up with even a draft of a regulatory framework for “Transient Habitation — Low Intensity Camping,” aka “Hip Camps” and the like. The complexity,…

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