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My Travels With Wes, 2: Back On The Road Again

Ward Ranch homestead, milepost 43.67 Last week’s travelogue ended up at Wes Smoot’s childhood family home on the Morrow Ranch, Highway 128 milepost 44.75. From there Wes and I motored another mile down the road…

Off the Record (December 22, 2022)

DEPARTMENT OF UNINTENTIONAL HILARITY, This Headline: “Eyewitness Reported An X-Shaped UFO Flying Over Redwood Valley In Early October.” “Eyewitness,” singular? How about the nabes, did they see it? Fact: There are high school kids all…

County Budget Balancing Not Quite Done

At their most recent meetings (December 6th and 13th), the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has been attempting to belatedly deliver a balanced budget for the new fiscal year that began on July 1. As…

County Notes: A Colossal Waste Of Dollars

Last Tuesday, Supervisor Dan Gjerde complained about the allocation of $2.6 million of PG&E settlement money to an “elusive” Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for ambulance services in the inland area of Mendocino County.  “We have…

Wave Energy On The Coast?

The biggest effort underway for wave energy is PacWave South, now completing construction off Oregon. The project features competing wave energy devices all designed to be functioning this summer and part of grid-tied testing in…

AV Lions Roar

The Broiler Steak House in Redwood Valley saw 27 AV Lions and their  guests sit down to celebrate their annual Xmas party last Sunday night.  Pretty great to be all together again without masks so…

County Budget Hole Estimated At $6.1 Million

One by one the chickens are coming home to roost in the county seat’s henhouse. Despite assurances from former County Executive Officer Carmel Angelo last March upon her retirement that county finances were in good,…

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