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Warren Hinckle, October 12, 1938 – August 25, 2016

Last call came for Warren Hinckle on August 25, 2016. He died from complications of pneumonia and was surrounded by his family. A renowned editor, writer, publisher and iconoclast, Hinckle first made his mark as…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Aug 5, 2016

County Pensions;
AVA Beautification;
Farmers Market Match;
FB Machinations;
Police Report;
Yesterday's Catch;
Fish Die-off;
Toxic River;
No Trespassing;
Bypass Ceremony;
Punctual Grade;
Monetizing Fear;
Flynn Appreciation;
Kangaroo Challenge;
Retro Party

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Aug 4, 2016

Ukiah Popstand;
Summer Planting;
Scattershot;
Fat & Crazy;
WVFD BBQ;
Suspicious Death;
Yesterday's Catch;
Gualala Art Festival;
Trespass Grow;
Revolutionary Stein;
Firetruck Sale;
Planning Agenda;
Broadband Updates;
Congressman Weaverville;
Dawn World;
Frisco Summer

Madness, Murder, ‘Marijuana’

In Sagamihara, Japan last week, a 26-year-old man stabbed 19 disabled people to death —the worst mass killing in the nation's postwar history. The media focused on why Stoshi Uematsu, who had repeatedly threatened to…

Navarro River Watch

After reading a second Press Democrat article in a month about blue-green algae and dying dogs in the Russian River, Friday evening the Editor sent me an email asking how our river was faring. My…

High In The Valley

Jeb was singing to us again — not much of a voice, but sincere — and we liked it. He would come to visit us every morning, sometimes with his partner whose voice was about like his. How we wished for a stereo out there. We would have really enjoyed James Taylor on those hot afternoons.

Another Sniece Day

Ed Sniece walks the river road like his daddy and grandfather before. Some days he strides along, taking much of the waterway for granted, lost in thought or trailing the distant calls of a pileated…

MLB 2016 Season So Far: It Sucks!

Hasn’t everyone noticed by now that it sucks? No, I’m not talking about the race for the Presidency, which has offered plenty of fireworks, but the second half of the 2016 Major League Baseball season. Ever since the All-Star break at the start of July, no team in the National League, except the Chicago Cubs, have put together a respectable string of wins, and as of July 28 the Cubs had not won more than three games in a row. The San Francisco Giants had lost eight of ten and yet they were still in first place in the National League West.

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