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Anderson Valley Blasts Into Fall

Although some might argue that August 27th isn’t really fall, everyone must admit that fall is in the air. The AV Senior Center under the able leadership of Director Renee Lee and the generous services…

County Proposes To ‘Dissolve’ Citizen Committees

Let’s see, for the past 18 months we’ve heard from the Board of Supervisors that the County is broke but they don’t quite know how that happened. Supervisor Ted Williams says the County “has three…

Local School Adopts Baby Oaks

I live next to a very tall Valley Oak that drops a lot of acorns in my yard. If those acorns sprout I usually pluck them, but one spring when I found a bunch of…

County Notes: Stonewalling & Ducking The Issues

The only mention of the pending employee strike (possibly in early September) due to the County’s failure to provide even a token cost of living increase offer to the nearly 700 member Service Employees Union…

Off the Record (August 30, 2023)

FROM THE OCTOBER 14th, 1898 edition of the Mendocino Dispatch-Democrat (Ukiah): “All the speakers were given a generous share of applause and the presence of three men so noted for their honest and intelligent work…

Valley People (August 30, 2023)

PANTHER SOCCER TEAM CONDUCT We are having some really poor conduct from our soccer team. Athletic Director John Toohey and I will meet tomorrow with players for one final warning and a written agreement. If…

Who Closed Mental Health Hospitals In California?

Given the UDJ’s series on the homeless-mental health-substance abuse issue, I thought it would be timely to take a look at one chapter of mental health history in California that I’ve written and spoken about…

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