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‘Bad Faith’: Crucial Court Hearing Set Monday In Cubbison Case

Key witnesses in a criminal felony case targeting suspended Mendocino County Auditor Chamise Cubbison are expected to testify Monday during a court hearing on defense attorneys’ bid to have the case dismissed. Retired Auditor Lloyd…

County Notes: ‘Disruptive Behavior’?

Next Tuesday’s Supervisors meeting mostly concerns inconsequential housekeeping items: meeting schedules, committee assignments, board rules, etc. There are some seemingly innocuous but significant changes buried in Item 4c, the adoption of some new provisions for…

Hard Finding The Truth If You Don’t Look

Last week I wrote about how our elected representatives and their staff down in the county seat far too often flummox themselves and disrupt the orderliness of the governing process by creating problems seemingly out…

What Happened To Rodney Cole At Coast Hospital (Feb. 2009)

One night, Rodney Cole, age 71, was going about his custodial duties at Coast Hospital, Fort Bragg, when he felt someone watching him. He looked around and saw his idle workmate, a young man of…

Strategic Plans and The Insurance CEO’s Murder

Got a kick out of the December 17th Board of Supervisors agenda. Under the heading for the County Executive Officer’s report, was the following caption: “In May 2022, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved…

Capturing Attention

Once upon a time the district attorney, or sheriff, or police chief would announce –unaided– that a crime had been committed, or a charge was being leveled, or the jury had decided x, y, or…

Silenced Night: The Unheard Lesson Of Lessons And Carols

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols fills King’s College Chapel at Cambridge University every year on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. The service is broadcast by the BBC and heard, according to some estimates,…

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