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Sierra Fest 2016

There was a striking man walking up and down 128 all weekend with a goat on a leash. At least he looked like a man, wearing some kind of goatskin-looking coat. The goat was real,…

Valley People (Jun 29, 2016)

AS OF MONDAY, June 27th all outdoor burning except for campfires within organized campgrounds or on private property with landowner permission is banned. We're all invoking our mightiest mojo to prevent the big fires we avoided last year in Mendocino County, which seems even drier at the end of June than it was at the end of last June at this time.

Bird’s Eye View (Jun 29, 2016)

My good friend, Englishman Steve Sparks, is in the UK at this time and has filed this report on last week’s hugely impactful referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union. I just thought you might like to read it.

Valley People (Jun 22, 2016)

ACCORDING to a letter in the ICO from Mary Mobert, the Gualala precinct she worked boasted an impressive 75.5 percent turnout. Boonville? Anecdotally, good turnout but no specific numbers yet. THE RASTAFARIANS have come and…

Bird’s Eye View (Jun 22, 2016)

I continue to enjoy the Annual Birds of Prey Convention over here in the United Kingdom of Turkey Vultures, Buzzards, and Lesser Birds of Prey. The country is engulfed with three huge topics of conversation.

Blue Uniforms & Yellow Jackets

I blame yellowjackets. If they hadn’t stung me two years ago this week I’d never have become an EMT, sitting long shifts every week in the Anderson Valley Ambulance Barn waiting for impermanence to flex…

Valley People (Jun 15, 2016)

GUN BATTLE ON PEACHLAND. Last Wednesday, a little after midnight, shots were heard in deep Peachland. Soon after, a couple returning to their home was startled by the sudden appearance of "two unidentified white males"…

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