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Our Money Is Safer With Criminals?

The Supervisors opened last week’s meeting with a mutedly triumphant announcement that they had come to a tentative agreement with the public attorneys union.

Kruse: ‘She Invited Me To Molest Her’

The names of the child victim and her family will not appear in this story, but they were heard loud and clear in the County Courthouse last week during the preliminary hearing for Richard Kruse…

Off The Record

This Week: Congressman Wine Guy on Osama;The Major helps redistrict the 5th; Sheriff layoffs in HumCo; and much more

Memos Of The Week

February 4, 2010 To: Patricia Beverly, Boonville California Dear Patricia Beverly: Welcome to the Blue Shield of California or Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company COPD program! We are offering this program…

Valley People

GARY ABBOTT of Boonville was headed to Philo about 6am Tuesday morning when, on the Philo side of the Grange, two horses suddenly appeared in front of Abbott's truck. They'd apparently run on to the…

Acting Like A Child

Today we had a difference of opinion.  We had to leave where we were because he was being disruptive and I did not feel like dragging the spectators through the negotiations.  In the car I…

An Open Pit Mine In Covelo?

At one point during last Thursday's hearing in front of the Mendocino County Planning Commission, as they considered a proposal for an open pit gravel mining operation in Covelo, I thought I heard a curious,…

Rez Notes: Manchester-Point Arena

My step-grandfather, Lawrence Pike, was a Pomo from the Coast of Mendocino County. We used to call them “Coast Injuns,” although I suppose that is too insensitive for times like these. I recall a trip…

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