WE NOTICED in a recent District Attorney website update that a Mr. Johnny Jackson was found “not guilty” on a charge of “escape/run away.” Which raises the question: Did he run away or not? How…
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BILLY NORBURY'S TRIAL for murder begins this Monday. Norbury, 34, is alleged to have shot and killed his Redwood Valley neighbor, Jamal Andrews, 30, the night of January 24th this year. Norbury is white. Andrews,…
TOM JONDAHL, retired Sheriff of Mendocino County, died on September 22, after a valiant battle against lung cancer over a period of nearly two years. Tom Jondahl was a man of integrity; a great fun-lover…
AS PREDICTED, Mendocino County Superior Court judge Ann Moorman has tossed the state's feeble attempt to regulate wholesale water plunder of the Russian River by Mendocino County's grape and wine industry. Judge Moorman said the…
GRRRROWWLLL To the Editor, Busyness is a constant in our lives. It's hard to decide where to spend our time and energy. In choosing, I reflect upon the extent to which the issue effects the…
REVISING LONG HELD ASSUMPTIONS, judicial division: Only two Ukiah sites have been considered for the proposed new County Courthouse, one of which, the library site, has been found not doable. That leaves the depot site…
An envelope marked “Urgent Notice” arrived in the mail last Friday. The return address said: State of California. Inside were four identical slips of paper with “Advance Notice” boldly printed across the top. Advance Notice…
Two days, two hours each day re-dialing, letting the phone ring at the French Laundry. Finally a voice at the other end. A recorded voice anyway, telling me how to go about making a reservation at the French Laundry.
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Belated (perhaps) Happy Birthdays this month to both Neil Darling and Gloria Abbott! Meanwhile, two memorials were held this past weekend in…