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Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Dec 19, 2015

Rainy Days;
Christmas Cheer;
Elliot Maneuvers;
More Denouncements;
Woodhouse Report;
Wimp Nation;
Tax Waivers;
Director Dechter;
Navarro Past;
Lopezes;
Library Director;
Master Gardener;
Smiths;
Hare Creek;
Yesterday's Catch;
Sanders Endorsed;
Federal Reserve Banks;
Dispossessed;
Inequality;
AT&T Says;
Campaign Squabble;
Hemlock Street;
Charity;
Unscrupulous;
Religious Displays;
Yaz Chat;
Seen the Rain;
Marco Radio

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Dec 18, 2015

Stoners Clash;
Lightning Damage;
Wet Weather;
KZYX Miracle;
Civic Breakdown;
Caltrans Christmas;
Carnations;
Auto Mechanics;
Masonite Incentives;
Pedestrian View;
Drug Bust;
Diversion Tussle;
School Lockdown;
Yesterday's Catch;
War Machine;
Work Ethic;
Salmon Count

How Guns Make People Stupid

'There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." 1 John 4:18

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec 17, 2015

Fire Cleanup;
Ukiah Costco;
Jefferson State;
Sky Lanterns;
Russian Sandbar;
MendoTown Plan;
Chipotle Ukiah;
Warrant Wednesday;
Emerald Cup;
Yesterday's Catch;
Debate Game;
Country Rankings;
Money Classes;
Giving Project;
CRV Weekend;
Bad Movie;
Market Jazz;
Coast Marten;
Hatchery Numbers;
Film Screening;
Sako Pleased

John Gschwend, Founding Mill Owner

(February, 1965) — To John Gschwend belongs the honor of constructing the pioneer sawmill in the Anderson Valley township. He built the first sawmill in Anderson Valley in 1856. At that time there were no…

Hiking Yosemite

The barren summit of Yosemite's Half Dome is 8,836 feet above sea level, more than 4,700 feet higher than Yosemite Valley directly below. In 1868 Josiah Whitney, the noted geologist for whom the highest peak…

Health Care Cantata

While reading Peter Roderick’s account of the dismantling of Britain’s National Health Service in the latest issue of the London Review of Books, I put on the relevant Bach cantata. Bach has many lessons to…

Seymour

Last night Marcia and I watched Seymour: An Introduction, a documentary about the pianist and piano teacher Seymour Bernstein, who was eighty-five at the time the film was made and is eighty-eight today. The film, directed by Ethan Hawke, the actor, is certainly about classical music and pianos and playing the piano, but the movie is also a fascinating and ever-surprising portrait of an extremely thoughtful person with an extraordinary talent for teaching.

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