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Posts tagged as “region”

Caleb Silver, Take Three

When Caleb Silver’s murder trial started last week — his third trial, the first two having ended in mistrials — we had a better idea of what the defendant had been doing just prior to…

Off the Record (April 25, 2018)

FROM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT: "The Domaine Carneros 2013 Brut won Best of Show Sparkling for its bouquet of aromas, from pear and honeycomb to brioche. It offers a creamy texture, elegant structure and a long…

What The Heck Really Happened?

Last week a jury found Jose Carrasco guilty of count two domestic abuse by causing corporal injury to his girlfriend, Ana Hernandez, and count three vandalism, the breaking her phone.

Off the Record (April 18, 2018)

THE CROWDED 3rd District race, which might as well be in Nevada for all the attention it gets outside Willits, Laytonville and Covelo, the three antipodes of Mendocino County, occurs in the wild, wild region of…

Who Needs A Needs Assessment?

After spending several opening minutes last Wednesday, March 28, on a pointless discussion of a Mission Statement — which ended up being a reference to the text of the Measure anyway — the Measure B…

Courthouse Notes

The case of Mathis, Mathis and Norbury — no, it's not a law firm — it's the defendants, Penny Mathis, Jack Mathis and Audie Norbury, the love triangle senior citizens accused of embezzling from the Ukiah Gun Club along with some gun charges.

The Climates Of Mendocino County

As a historian in the midst of writing a 150 year history of Mendocino County I spend a lot of time reading the first county history printed in 1880. In this tome there is nothing…

Off the Record (April 11, 2018)

YEAH, YEAH, appearances can be deceptive, and it isn't fair to judge a person's mental health by how he or she looks, but the woman who shot up YouTube the other day? Visibly deranged, and not a person you should sell a gun to. Of course if gun sellers went by appearances, few Americans would ever get their trigger fingers on so much as a bb gun.

Light at the End of the Bong?

Mendo’s New Pot Program Manager Kelly Overton appeared before the Supes Tuesday. Overton was accompanied by a sidekick from the Ag Department, Chevon Holmes, who introduced herself as “interim program administrator for the cannabis program,”…

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