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Mendo College Fall Plant Sale

Presented by The Mendocino College Agriculture Department and Horticulture Club. Featuring:, Drought tolerant perennial color, Fall Vegetables, California natives, Shrubs and trees, Heirloom and hard to find plants, Did you know that fall, is the…

Harvest Art

September 19 - November 13, 2014 Artists' Reception Saturday, September 20, 2014, 5-8 PM Featuring Resident Artist: Robin Burgert Artists: Robin Burgert, Laura Paine Carr, Pamela Hect, Terry Hollerman, Sharon Kozel, Paul Maurer, Michele Morehouse,…

Wake Up, Dan Hamburg!

I started out to write about something more benign this week, but I can't stand it any longer. Wake Up, Dan Hamburg! Wake the freak up! You've been attending Mendocino County Mental Health Board meetings…

Curve Again

Madison Bumgarner, the Giants’ formidable leftie known as Mad Bum or simply Bum, stands tall atop the mound on a cool Friday night in September—the famous San Francisco fog not yet manifest, a soft breeze…

Drum Demo At Shasta Dam

For the Winnemem Wintu people of the McCloud River watershed (a mighty tributary of the Upper Sacramento River, formed by the southeastern drainage of Mt. Shasta and its stately foothills), the weapon of mass destruction…

Valley People (Sep 17, 2014)

THE COUNTY FAIR at one end of The Valley, something called Bliss Camp at the old Boy Scout camp, Navarro. Quite a mob of bliss ninnies, too, many of the men in cartoon stove pipe hats, the women in green and purple hair. “Blissings to All! Come galactivate your heart space and co*create magic at our Bliss Camp four-day gathering at Camp Navarro in the beautiful Mendocino Redwoods.” Etc.

Bush Hippies Brawl

It all started at a trimming session during harvest season in Laytonville. It was hot, the pot sticky, the vibe hostile bordering on angry. It was time for a break, a cold beer, some fresh…

Bird’s Eye View (Sep 17, 2014)

Greetings one and all. if you are sitting comfortably, I shall begin. Well, the County Fair had my full attention over the last week; as a result all I can provide on this occasion is…

Letters (Sep 17, 2014)

I used to think that when social, economic and environmental conditions came to a crisis point people would finally wake up and work for change. But there is a water crisis going on in the heart of Mendocino County and it doesn't seem like many of us are paying attention. With respect to what Caltrans has in mind for the Willits Bypass I think the general mind set is: the horse is out of the barn, it's happening, there's nothing much we can do about it now.

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