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Posts published in November 2025

Letters 11/5/2025

This happened a little less than a month ago, around 8-9 p.m., a bit outside of Laytonville. I was on my way up to Whitethorn from the Bay Area for a birthday trip when I suddenly hydroplaned and spun out off the road…

From the Archive (11/6/1985): Editor’s Desk

ELECTION WRAP-UP, or the things it really isn’t wise to say when you’re a candidate like I am. One thing that stands out from this campaign is the startling number of reverential references to “the…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 11/4/2025

Wind & Rain | LaFever Arrested | Supe Shenanigans | Toy Drive | AVUSD News | Alexander Cockburn | Possible Parsons | Murphy & Falquet | Gift Gallery | Brewery Changes | Boonville Distillery | LWV Meeting | Russians Coming | Indian Hops | Yesterday's Catch | Disrespect | Not Fair | Sweetie Walkin' | Tortured District | Disturbing Claims | Mormon Home | Uncovered California | Expert Panel | 49ers Win | Counterpunch History | Maynard Dixon | Young Guts | Naive Domestic | Sunday Afternoons | Beef Herd | Summertime Blues | This is Nice | Unknown Citizen | Mass Movement | Starvation President | Racist Grokipedia | Temper Odds | Last Ditch | Not Polite | Existence | Lead Stories | Palestinian Christians | Sea Murder | Positive Side | Bernie Conversation

Off the Record 11/4/2025

I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED I was in for a major bummer when I saw that I was the only person in the theater. Then, when ‘One Battle After Another’ kicked off, and the audio-visual filmic…

From the Archive (11/6/1985): Crime Of The Week

Last Wednesday at approximately 12:30 p.m. Joan Burroughs, school secretary, arrived at her Manchester Road home for lunch to discover her home had been burglarized. The robbers, believed to be two adult white males, apparently…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 11/3/2025

Rain Tonight | Abandoned Rails | Holiday Bazaar | Hummingbird | Winston Art | Grisette | Yesterday's Catch | Autumn Song | No 50 | Proposed District | Profound Effects | Brutal Time | Affordable Housing | Oil Lobby | The Station | Insurance Loopholes | Jimmy O | Driver License | Drug Pirate | Unchecked Power | Legal Resident | One Puff | Gram Parsons | Candyman | McCaffrey Parents | Niners Win | Dead Day | Economy Problems | Illegal Killing | Lead Stories | Long Year | Jefferson Declaration | My Girl | The Merging | Eternal Spring | Tobacco Sorters | Go Back

Valley People 11/3/2025

FALL AT PENNYROYAL FARM, BOONVILLE Wines, Cheese, Pumpkins & Beans What's New at Tasting Room & Online Sip what's new Fall Wine Releases Sparkling, Whites + Reds Sip what's new this fall! Details & sign…

What Happens When Policy, Religion Combine?

The behavior of nations or groups of people can be controlled by policy objectives, or by prophecy and religion, and when the two combine, their joint power increases greatly. The Ayatollah Khomenei once commented that…

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