California has been depicted as a “failed state”: leading the nation in unemployment, adult illiteracy, lowest bond ratings, the near lowest school scores, most people on welfare, highest number of homes underwater. With most of…
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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.” — Raymond Chandler Before the advent of the interweb, I frequented libraries and secondhand bookstores in search of good short stories, my appetite for…
Dear President Obama, It seems that the theme emanating from the White House is “Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed.” And yet, whenever I do feel disappointed, I always realize that the alternative was John McCain, with…
Glenn Sunkett called the other day. He sounded pretty good for a guy who just got 63 years in the state pen for a Fort Bragg marijuana job back in July of 2008. It was…
In the Anderson Valley, there's futbol and there's football.
The football people think their football isn't get ting a fair shake.
DAVE NORFLEET and Paula Kesenheimer are just back from the State Grange convention in San Jose. Dave, as most of you know, is our Philo Grange master and unsung co-founder of Boonville Beer. He's also…
"Next week if they take my medical cannabis I will be pissed off and demand they give it back!" --Angel Raich, Northstone Organics patient Angel Raich spoke these words after Northstone Organics' drivers were stopped…
This week: Want & Fear 2030, privatizing Mendo's mental health system, firing Point Arena's city clerk and much more.
Today was our day to do nothing. No school for him. No work for me. No important errands to run. No play-dates to be on time for. So we were busy. He was up early…