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Off the Record (November 10, 2021)

A MAJOR STORY this week illustrates why newspapers are still important and how diminished we will be when they disappear into the Meta maw of social media. We've reported for years on various aspects of…

Future of Sherwood Oaks Nursing Home Uncertain

Sherwood Oaks is the local, privately owned nursing home in Ft. Bragg with 79 licensed beds and currently 39 residents.  Like so many nursing homes throughout the US, it is facing significant challenges.  It has…

County Notes (November 5, 2021)

THE SUPERVISORS had to endure about ten minutes of very nutty, angry anti-vaxxers during public expression on Tuesday morning. About four of them ranted in sequence insulting the Supervisors and demanding that they all resign,…

Redbeard Captured!

William Evers, aka Redbeard, the fugitive who has been eluding capture for almost a year in the coastal woods outside of Albion and Comptche, was arrested without incident on Thursday a little before noon. Sheriff…

Can the Coast Hospital District Board Fix the Adventists’ Problems?

Difficulty getting appointments and referrals that seems to be getting worse, according to public comments, and a healthcare survey of Mendocino Coast residents, and a long-delayed audit report for the fiscal year before last (the past year's…

Off the Record (November 3, 2021)

THE PRICES of everything everyone needs to live are going up and up. The people who don't do their own shopping, those fortunate few whose wealth puts them beyond economic squeezes, call this “inflation.” The…

COVID Vaccine Gets Go-ahead for Children

On October 29th, the FDA gave Emergency Use Authorization that expands the use of the Pfizer COVID vaccine to children ages 5 to 11.  This was done after Pfizer provided data from a study involving…

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