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The Cause That Shook an Empire

Remember the War in Vietnam? Indeed, how could anyone forget napalm, tiger cages and the Ho Chi Minh Trail, or the rag-tail army of pacifists, GIs, hippies, self-styled revolutionaries, Catholics, Buddhists, rock bands, and just…

The Reservoir Stops Here (Part 2)

California’s enormous and elaborate water infrastructure — dams, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plants, canals, aqueducts, gates, tunnels, and other machinations plumbed together across more than six hundred miles — is divided into numerous management regimes.…

Bedlam On Low Gap

Some call it a debacle, others a fiasco — pick your adjective — but the escalating disaster of the County’s privatized mental health serices is now so severe that two judges, Ann Moorman and John…

Bad Bugs Biting Back

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law the nation's most stringent restrictions on the use of antibiotics in the production of meat. Is this a good thing? It certainly is - perhaps a crucial step in our survival, in fact - and I am not prone to exaggeration of such things. Now our state's new policy must become that of the entire nation.

Self Medication Nation

Just back from Ashland, Oregon, where I saw two plays. The good news: fifty to sixty high school students in attendance at Much Ado About Nothing. The bad news: average age of audience goers one…

My Journey With Ernie

It was a beautiful sunny day on the beach in Cardiff-by-Sea, Ca. during the early 1970’s, when I ran into this tall, friendly guy in a weird converted school bus. Now there’s a hippie dude…

Papal Pop & Circumstance

Entrusting the USA to its patroness, Mary Immaculate, then offering one final “God Bless America,” Pope Francis launched heavenward from Philadelphia on his Alitalia jet nearly two weeks ago. The diverse music that graced and…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Oct 22, 2015

Finding Brett;
Misdemeanor Camp;
Mental Maze;
Tussin Love;
Norman Forum;
Progressive Politics;
Empty Niners;
Gun Restriction;
Stoners Rising;
Michael Hedges;
CO Healthcare;
Yesterday's Catch;
Toxic Plant;
Biden's Past;
City Lights;
Ukiah Women;
Piano Concert;
Montessori Benefit

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Oct 21, 2015

Boy Search;
Privatization Disaster;
$100,000 Bail;
Egret;
FB Contradictions;
Bail Reform;
Family Feud;
Hoopa Sovereignty;
Yesterday's Catch;
Contractor Sting;
Rental Scam;
SEIU Unavailable;
Asphalt Plant;
Fake Progressive;
Quake Swarm;
Harper Defeat;
Clinton Inc;
2000 Insults;
Sexist Vote;
Zito Retires;
Marketing Weed;
Tough Love

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