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Water Rights, Water Wrongs

Last week I posted pictures of the woeful, sad, algae infested Navarro River. This year the algae exploded during our first very hot heatwave at the beginning of July. The water is low, ugly and…

Valley People 8/15/2024

LARRY CARR, a long-time resident of Yorkville, has died. We don’t yet have any particulars, but Mr. Carr had been ill recently. His wife Ann Carr, long-time popular local Postal Clerk, died last April (2023)…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday 8/14/2024

Turkey Vulture | Sunny | Timber Frame | Bill Chambers | Ed Notes | Sergeant McLaughlin | Cane Search | Lupines | OES Fair | Local Events | Jazz Show | Mendocino History | Fog | Open Studio | Pudding Creek | Great Day | Blueweed | Yorkville Social | Taco Tuesday | Cat Lady | Hat Take | Albion Nation | Yesterday's Catch | Brain Energy | Restricting Glutathione | Forgetful Distance | Burger Storm | Future Batteries | Maad Dogs | Hemp Pivot | Glue Pal | Alcohol Guidance | Trump Support | Deranged Flailing | Vesuvio | Town Meetings | American Dream | DNC Hacks | War Veteran

Gregory Sims Leaves Anderson Valley

At the ripe age of 90 or so Gregory Sims of Philo seems to be unfailingly cheerful. In sightings over the past 20 years in Anderson Valley usually has a slight smile playing over his…

Letters 8/14/2024

I voted for Cubbison. The BOS took that vote away. I have no angst toward Eyster nor the board, but now due process is hing up around 176,000 emails. What's next? Pumping out Cubbison's septic tank? …

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 8/13/2024

Wasp | Cooling | Larry Carr | Poppies | Remembering Randy | Boonville Projects | Shelter Cove | Help Ariana | Clean Team | Bomb Squad | Ducks | Navarro Restoration | Jumbo's Win-Win | Fair Entries | Vintnerviews | Petroglyph Query | Ed Notes | Meigsville | Broadband Money | Hop Stilts | Bridge Meeting | Yesterday's Catch | Samsara Quagmire | 9 to 5 | Charles Bukowski | Homeless Residence | Grammar Stickers | Underdog Day | Huckleberry Jam | Park Firefighters | Drinking Water | Rural Charging | Tax Debate | Stuffed Burger | Coach Memories | DEI Hiring | Squishy Party | Now Recording | Determining Disinformation | 57 T-Bird | Start Over | Penmanship Class | Talking Israel

New Mendocino County Courthouse Now Pegged At $150 Million

Revised design plans for a new Mendocino County Courthouse show a two-story glass entrance to an 82,000-square foot, seven-courtroom building whose estimated costs have risen to $150 million, according to the Judicial Council of California.…

Off the Record 8/13/2024

A READER WRITES: With regard to the Williams recall, I find it interesting that Jill Ales is a high-ranking Behavioral Health manager who has spoken out at least twice during Board of Supervisors open session…

Surgical Strikes: Eight Decades Worth

The patients in Dr. Wenwu Jin's fifth-floor office on Clay Street in San Francisco's Chinatown are almost all elderly Chinese men and women. I'm one of the few exceptions: a white guy who doesn't speak…

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