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Posts tagged as “region”

Off the Record (July 4, 2018)

PLANNING DIRECTOR Nash Gonzales reported to the Planning Commission on the rebuilding in Redwood Valley since last fall’s catastrophic fires: “So far we have issued 73 building permits, 18 are in queue. I always talk…

Ft. Bragg City Council Pans Mill Ponds

Echos and murmurs of the deliberations of government come down to us in bits and pieces. We trust our elected representatives to guard our interests and protect us from the arbitrary abuse of power. We…

Mateel: Reggae Fest, Not Pot Fest

Facing questions on potential changes to the Reggae on the River music festival due to new management, boardmembers of the Mateel Community Center have told county planning commissioners that the event’s focus will be on…

Summertime Horror Story

The murder trial for Joshua Ruoff got under way last week after three days of intense jury selection, due to a reluctance on the part of those summoned to spend two weeks of their summer…

Off the Record (June 27, 2018)

MENDO is banking on a wildly improbable time frame and a ridiculous cost to increase the capacity of Lake Mendocino while the much, much larger Lake Sonoma goes virtually untapped.

Court Notes

THURSDAY, June 14, was the day that Public Defender Linda Thompson stepped down. As the readership knows, the Mighty AVA will not miss her, and since her significant other owns a tract of land larger than our County Seat, and her pension package, though modest by the standards of other County Dignitaries, she probably doesn’t need our blessing for her retirement to be complete and satisfying.

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