"Fiasco, n., an absolute, abject, ignominious, ludicrous or utterly humiliating failure." Back in the early oughts of 2000 a couple of vineyards slid onto Mendo roadways, prompting some people to wonder why Mendocino County was…
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They’re Here, There and Everywhere, the proliferation of gangs in Mendocino County. Our headline writers decided this sweepingly inclusive distillation would just about cover all the bases. But it turns out to have been something…
THE GOOD NEWS. Garrett Mezzanatto, three-sport star athlete at Anderson Valley High School, sustained an ugly-looking knee injury in the final football game of the year versus Point Arena. He's been on crutches ever since,…
Louise "Wheezer" Gonyo was recently elected president of SEIU Local 1021. Gonyo is assumed to be one of the SEIU hardliners who claim the County is insisting on wage concessions simply to break the union,…
This Week: Planning Director outta here; Peace & Freedom sues California; Amazon Warrior Goddess raids Ukiah Animal Control; and much more
ED SLOTTE, high school basketball coach, is breathing easier this week. Last week he had exactly five guys out for the varsity, this week he's got seven, none of them named Garrett Mezzanatto, at 6'4”…
When Jared Huffman arrived at Hendy Woods State Park last Saturday afternoon, he was eagerly greeted by a good-sized crowd of locals and swiftly ushered off to have a look at The Gentle Giants, the…
Three weeks ago, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors spent exactly zero meeting minutes discussing the biggest pay cut for the largest number of employees in Mendocino County history. All five of Supervisors voted to…
By casting 99% of the US population as collective victim of a miniscule minority's monumental greed, the American branch of the Occupy Movement has provided a brilliant framework for bringing together a broad coalition to…