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Valley People 7/12/2024

POWER WAS OUT for most of Anderson Valley from 6:45 to 10:45 Wednesday morning. Given the timing and duration and a robotic message from PG&E’s outage line, locals suspected that the cause of the outage…

Willits Frontier Days 2024: ‘Cowboys & Cadillacs’

Willits celebrated its 98th Frontier Days June 28- July 6. Home of the longest running continuous rodeo in California beginning in 1927. They may have a bone to pick with Salinas whose rodeo began in…

County Finances & Laytonville Grocery Store

Happy Independence Day! I think we're still independent, thanks to a gang of big brain misfits who all had the King's death warrants on their heads. We can hang together or hang separately, as B.…

A Day at the Sacto DMV

Regardless of the time spent, a day at the DMV can seem that way. More like day on the DMZ. For me, I readied myself for almost a month between getting my driver's license renewal…

A Closer Look At The State Controller’s Report

A postscript is in order for Mike Geniella’s interesting summary of the State Controller’s July 1 report and findings, basically blaming the Supervisors for the County’s financial difficulties. Let’s focus on a few specific remarks…

On the 2024 British Election

Yeah, yeah, I know the Tories are out, Labour won big time and Keir Starmer is the new PM and at home at 10 Downing Street. Starmer called for “Change.” That’s what voters clearly wanted…

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