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The Reservoir Stops Here

On the edge of the Yolly Bolly Wilderness, about 15 miles north of the dusty cattle and marijuana town of Covelo, 81-year-old Richard Wilson sits across from me in a ranch house his father constructed…

The Empty Seat Defense

Richard Bolton, Jr. made no attempt — no pretense at all that he was growing all that pot for medical purposes when it was obvious he was growing for tax free cash, and the Mendocino…

Bang, You’re Dead

Apropos of the recent Roseburg, Oregon, school massacre that left nine dead, President Obama said, “We’re going to have to come together and stop these things from happening.” That’s an understandable sentiment, and the president…

Another View Of The Idyllic 50s

I read with interest the online comment on growing up with the simple pleasures of small town Ohio in the 50s and 60s. Real eggs, a milkman and all the rest. There is something to…

Death In Mendo, 1949

Sometimes the museum where I docent gets a donation that opens my eyes with amazement. The “Family Worksheets” for six months from late 1949 into 1950 from a local funeral home came into the museum’s…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Oct 15, 2015

Historic Ketch Visit;
Searching for Asha;
Dem Debate;
Animal Rights;
Nino Preparations;
Environmental Damages;
Shrimp Boy Trial;
Customer Service;
Yesterday's Catch;
Imperial Failure;
Moeller;
American Kulture;
Cancer Resource;
PA City Council

Last Rights

Californians have just won a right that we all hope we will never need to use: The right to physician-assisted dying. Governor Jerry Brown signed California’s End of Life Option Act last week after what…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Oct 14, 2015

FB's Willits Water Option;
Water Carriers;
Roman Elliot;
Prop 172 Money;
Library Ripoff;
El Nino Estimates;
Catch of the Day;
Gun Nut Fantasy;
National Novel Writing Month

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