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My Life As A Cat Named Chowder

I was working as assistant chowdermaster in Mendocino County's worst seafood restaurant, which shall of course remain nameless. I have no desire to interfere with anyone's livelihood, particularly someone as well-meaning and earnest in their…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017

Branding FB;
Frog March;
Unresponsive;
Ambulance Skimming;
Figs;
SuperRisers;
Candidate Elizondo;
Ed Notes;
Little Dog;
Shelter Opens;
Holiday Plans;
Joyful;
Farm Report;
Aliens;
Yesterday's Catch;
Fox Sex;
Trumpersticker;
Ojai Ring;
Corktop Legislation;
Another Bubble;
Mesa;
Sales Job;
Fire Recovery;
Russia Probe;
Pissednecks;
Craig Taxed

My Father’s One-Liners

Several things my father said repeatedly occur to me. The first piece of useful information I recall him passing along, was "Hold your sleeves" when putting on a second or third layer of clothing.  I…

Measure B: Here We Go Again

Properly sensing that some members of the public (and the AVA) are skeptical about spending tens of thousands of dollars for a professional “needs assessment,” (as discussed by the Board of Supervisors last month), Sheriff…

Valley People (Dec. 20, 2017)

IT WAS positively inspiring to see so many Anderson Valley people at a recent meeting of the Board’s Public Health, Safety, and Resources Standing Committee (made up of just John McCowen and Dan Hamburg) to…

Summer of 72

My friends and I were renting an old farmhouse in Solsbury, Indiana for $45 a month, ice cream cones were five cents in the little store down the road. I was almost eighteen and felt…

Off the Record (Dec. 20, 2017)

NO SOONER had Ted Williams announced that he'd be a candidate for 5th District supervisor, a caller left this message on our nut screener: "Another doper in the 5th seat? No way." Click. WE THINK…

Home Invasion Victim Fights Back

62-year old Janette Krigian lives west of Laytonville on Branscomb Road and, as a tough guy from Oakland recently discovered, “the lady has a lot of balls.” This is what D’Wan Porter-Walker, 20, of Oakland,…

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