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Off The Record

This Week: Planning Director outta here; Peace & Freedom sues California; Amazon Warrior Goddess raids Ukiah Animal Control; and much more

Valley People

ED SLOTTE, high school basketball coach, is breathing easier this week. Last week he had exactly five guys out for the varsity, this week he's got seven, none of them named Garrett Mezzanatto, at 6'4”…

The Jared Huffman Show

When Jared Huffman arrived at Hendy Woods State Park last Saturday afternoon, he was eagerly greeted by a good-sized crowd of locals and swiftly ushered off to have a look at The Gentle Giants, the…

Engine Trouble

Three weeks ago, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors spent exactly zero meeting minutes discussing the biggest pay cut for the largest number of employees in Mendocino County history. All five of Supervisors voted to…

The Logic Of Occupy Mendo

By casting 99% of the US population as collective victim of a miniscule minority's monumental greed, the American branch of the Occupy Movement has provided a brilliant framework for bringing together a broad coalition to…

Billy Mayfield — Double Prisoner

Say you're in love with your wife. Say you knew your wife was in bed with another man. Say you got drunk and busted in and shot the guy to death. Say you got 17-to-life.…

Off The Record

UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL Editor KC Meadows wrote in her “Commerce File” column last Wednesday: “Some folks in Hopland are already very alarmed at the prospect of a home for recovering alcoholic women taking over the…

Lives and Times: Deputy Sheriff Craig Walker

Along with his handler, Deputy Sheriff Craig Walker: Bullet, The Valley’s New Best Friend A couple of weeks ago, I drove ‘over the hill’ to Ukiah and headed for the County Sheriff Department’s training center…

Bird’s Eye View: Happy Thanksgiving

Greetings. if you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. A Happy Thanksgiving to one and all for tomorrow’s big event! What a great day! “Well done!” to whoever thought of it. This Mother-of-All national…

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