A young fellow named Jimmy Allen was sentenced last Friday to four years in prison for vehicular homicide. He'd plowed drunk into another vehicle, killing the woman driving it. The victim’s mother, an elderly Ms.…
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Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Having a little dentist work is generally not the most pleasant of experiences but last week I had a check-up, talon polishing,…
After almost two days of public input and discussion the Supervisors unanimously approved the Environmental Impact Report for Northern Aggregate’s asphalt plant and expanded gravel mining operation. A startlingly obtrusive industrial presence at the top…
In the introduction to his 1965 book The Making of the English Working Class, English social historian E.P. Thompson described his motivation as being to rescue “from the enormous condescension of posterity” the “lower orders”…
My first day at Willits High School (1984-1985) was very interesting in a weird sort of way. I had no literature classes, just 8th, 9th and 10th grade basic English, meaning they were all at…
Thirty years ago, in 1982, when we moved to Rays Road in Philo I started visiting the Navarro River just a short distance down the road on a regular basis. Many people did, though mostly…
“AN OPEN LETTER to all of the people in Anderson Valley who have expressed their love and concern towards Jamal to clear up a few details. After his travels in India and Central America, he…
The January 26th edition of The Mendocino Beacon ran a story headlined “Fort Bragg ax attacker convicted.” What readers may have missed is that the story was not written by a Beacon reporter or by…