The career of Jeremiah (Doc) Standley, the noted Mendocino County lawman in days of yore, took many a twist and turn in the year 1892.…
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Last week’s portion of this book review noted two “remarkable” features of Maurice Tindall’s Mendocino County life. The first I described as the aggressively successful…
When arriving home from a hike in the woods I dreaded the flashing light on the answering machine, the death light. Back in Indiana Pop…
Fred Prosser arrived in the Spy Rock region of Mendocino County rather late in life. Past sixty when he purchased the former Hayden ranch around…
This is the first in a two-part series in which we will examine the national picture for US nursing homes and then next week turn…
TOPIC: Heart Attacks Q: Which one is not like the other two? A: The third one. For me at least. I know for some people…
Writing last week’s column in support of Andrew Wiggins, my mind was poisoned by hatred for Johnson & Johnson & Joe Lacob. I was restored…
It was a real kick-in-the-memory to read about Larry Livermore coming back to say hi and reminisce about Spy Rock and his Lookout band and…
Are there many of us left in The Valley who remember Maurice Tindall, never mind even know who he was? The other evening I was…
Growing, selling and using cannabis is legal in California under state law. So many people across the country were shocked last week to see images…
in 1867 Elijah Hiatt along with his wife Elizabeth purchased a small piece of ground from a man named Richard York. This same year Elijah…