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Posts published in July 2025

Announcements 7/24/2025

JOHNNY PINCHES MEMORIAL ON JULY 26TH Please join the family and friends of John Pinches for a memorial celebrating his life and many accomplishments. John’s memorial will be held on Saturday, July 26 at the…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday 7/23/2025

Below Normal | Hydrangea | DUI Crashes | Volunteers Needed | Jack Haye | Hay Bales | Not Guilty | Bear Cam | Rescind Annexation | Immigration Rumor | $126,000 Contract | Coast Cinemas | Gardens Art | Free Folk | Summer Events | Clover Dew | Excursion 1939 | Yesterday's Catch | Clouds | Walmart | Giants Win | Summer 1977 | Federal Abuses | Narco Raiders | No Cali | Ozzy Osbourne | Marijuana Bale | Trump Anxiety | Funnel Tomato | Redskins Revival | Ceasefire Now | Debating Russiagate | Mickey Spillane | Lead Stories | Inuits

Letters 7/23/2025

As I read about PG&E recruiting bodyguards, all I could think was, “Who is protecting us from PG&E?” …

Department Q: Noir Thriller From Netflix

I’ve never watched a noir thriller on Netflix that hasn’t disappointed me in some way or another. Netflix mass produces noir thrillers, and crime dramas like Vera with Brenda Blethyn the way Warner Brothers once…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 7/22/2025

Eel River | Near Normal | Missing Kids | RV Issues | Walter Stenback | Harvest Starting | Guilty Pleas | Blue-Meadow Farm | No Annexation | Pig Raffle | Residents List | Twinned Towers | Women-Led Business | Open House | Hollywood Night | Wendling Cookout | Yesterday's Catch | Slug Stroll | Craig Available | Shoplifting Everywhere | Wild Carrot | Giants Lose | Best Sandwiches | Tillman Unraveling | Brute Attraction | Fear Comes | Dirty Mind | Toward Autocracy | Epstein Files | Merry Pranksters | Objective Journalism | Explaining Russiagate | Mr Opinion | Duluoz Ride | Lead Stories | Pity Nation | Israeli Strike | Resist Injustice | Genocide Profiteers | Eleven Stories | One Question

Off the Record 7/22/2025

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR in this week’s edition of Jim Shields’ Mendocino Observer from a writer calling himself “The Thorn, Laytonville” entitled “Yet Another of Five Stupid Mistakes Made by Mendocino County Administrators —…

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