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Endemic versus Pandemic 

We are hearing a lot of talk about how we are now in an endemic and no longer in a pandemic.  What does that really mean?  From a scientific perspective, it means that nature has…

Skunk Exemption Claims: ‘It Depends…’

Last October, the City of Fort Bragg filed a lawsuit challenging Mendocino Railway's status as a Class III railroad and a public utility, with power of eminent domain - that the railroad used last year…

Dead Dog & The Owl

Chris ‘Dead Dog’ Brennan is the former federal trapper in the North County. Boonville's Gary Johnson used to be the guy to call in the South County. The two of them were the guys you…

From Whodunit to District Dissolution

The Mendocino Coast Health Care District (MCHCD) and its board of directors have sunk to new depths of dysfunction. At the February 24th regular board meeting something of a whodunit arose after Board Chair Amy…

County Notes (March 3, 2022)

BEFORE WE SAY FAREWELL to CEO Angelo we should also note how much money she stands to make off of Mendocino’s precarious pension fund. We know of two ways to calculate pensions for County employees…

Off the Record (March 2, 2022)

THERE’S MORE OPPOSITION on the streets of Moscow to the Russian invasion of Ukraine than there was in the US over the regime change operation in Libya or the bombings of Syria or Somalia or…

COVID Pandemic on the Decline

While there are a few hot spots still in the world where death rates from COVID are climbing, the overall national picture is one for careful optimism.  The indicators that matter most, hospitalization rates and…

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