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Mixed Smoke Signals?

Will the War on Drugs destroy what scant sovereignty native tribes still possess?

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Oct 9, 2015

Niño Forecast;
Hurricane Swells;
Privateers;
Pot Shots;
Yesterday's Catch;
Almost Legal;
Trimmigrants;
Charter County;
Death Records;
Healthcare Report;
Art Show;
Old Photos;
Hare Creek;
Unwelcome Visitors;
Mobile Phones;
KZYX Lockout;
Guru Murder;
Clown Candidate;
Halloween Story;
SB 350;
Teen Read Week

A Sin To Stay Down: A Boont Noir (Chapter 8)

Javier sat cramped in the second van’s cargo area smothered in brightly colored piñatas; Sponge Bob Square Pants, Dora The Explorer, Emmo, classic Mexican burros, and a cluster of canteros where Satan lurked inside the clay centers and tempted you with the decorated conical points, one for each of the seven deadly sins. Alma had explained the history and superstition of the canteros to him one better day when they were stuffing one full of candy for Alfredo’s birthday. She had told him that their used to be eight deadly sins, but good Catholics only believed in seven.

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Oct 8, 2015

Barton Sentenced;
KZYX Barricade;
Ukiah Winter Shelter;
Noni Ryder;
Petty Bureaucrats;
California History;
Meth Stop;
Endangered Species;
Railroad Tracks;
Yesterday's Catch;
Goodnight Moon;
Dog Bars;
Toilet Decision

Death Songs

Media coverage of Kelly Gissendaner’s execution in the small hours of Wednesday morning stressed the apparent anomalies of an act that, in this country, is hardly anomalous: that she was first woman to be killed…

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