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Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: Bill Harper

A couple of Saturdays ago, and in a significant break with ’tradition’, Bill somehow managed to get an invite to my house to do his interview and after opening a couple of beers we sat…

The Play’s The Thing

“More relative than this—the play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.” — William Shakespeare Yes, it will only be a staged reading in a tiny theater on the fringes of…

You Fish On That Side, We’ll Fish On This Side

Dear Dr. Zack, Please help me, as I am about to lose my mind, or what's left of it. For the past few years, instead of people saying “First of all ... Secondly, thirdly, fourthly…

‘Food Sovereignty’ In NorCal: A Conversation With Raj Patel

Raj Patel's first book, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, can be read as a ten-chapter exegesis on the ills of global capitalism, as manifested by its gut-wrenching stranglehold over…

Cruzin’ For A Bust

  It has taken more than a year just to get to the preliminary hearing in the Juda and Hugo Cruz case. Juda is the father, Hugo is the son. They are co-defendants. The Cruzes…

Valley People

DEPUTY SQUIRES will be honored by the Sheriff's Department as “Deputy of the Year” at the Elk's Lodge, Ukiah, this Saturday night, an honor well-deserved and long overdue. PAUL MEILLEUR of Philo writes: On Monday,…

Off The Record

This Week: Return to Jonestown & the Bari Bombing; a Westport weed battle; Aanestad & the KZYX nambo-pambos; and much more

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

To live.  Sounds easy enough in practice.  Wake up.  Eat.  Work.  Play.  Love yourself.  Love people around you. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. "My parents told me if I went to college, got married and had kids,…

Great Moments In Public Deliberation

Date: March 15, 2011. Location: Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Ukiah. Subject: The Mendocino County Museum’s declining budget. * * * Board Chair Kendall Smith: Well, I believe— Supervisor John McCowen: Madam Chair. Smith:…

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