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Supervisor Kendall Smith Trashes Herself

Ordinarily, when dumb exchanges between public officials occur at public meetings, it's just dumb, and maybe somewhat revealing about the public officials involved. But at the August 17 meeting of the Mendocino County Board of…

Who Really Rules Mendo Wine Country?

Most vineyard acreage in the region is ruled by a small collection of massive multi-national corporate conglomerates, which typically boast annual revenues greater than a billion dollars. Yes, that's billion with a “B.”

Off the Record

SHERIFF TOM ALLMAN has endorsed Wendy Roberts for 5th District Supervisor.

Valley People

LOOKS like the Philo Mill may be gearing up to mill again if the replenished log deck at the mill is any indication. Timber provided work at livable wages for 150 years on the Northcoast,…

Linda Thompson’s Dump Truck

The prosecution didn’t have much of a case against him, but Timothy S. 'Coke’ Elliott, 38, was found guilty of Second Degree Murder last week at the end of a two-week trial attended throughout by…

Will Lisa Get Her Sulcatas Back?

Lisa Chiapero and Mike Moilanen recently drove from Fort Bragg to Ukiah to visit their close friends Lucy, Pedro and Low Boy, a trio of Sulcata tortoises, native to Africa but fully at home on…

Letters to the Editor

PAVING WITH GOOD INTENTIONS Editor, Ron Epstein's Sunday View column in the August 22 Ukiah Daily Journal attempts to explain why he thinks the planned for asphalt hot mix plant at the Harris quarry site…

Another Life

It is not uncommon for those of us who have lived for over half a century to nostalgicize a Mom’s-apple-pie-in-the-sky America of the late Fifties and early Six­ties that was kinder and gentler than it…

Panther Soccer 2010

The new season opened last Friday evening with a return match against Drew High School of San Francisco who had visited Boonville this time last year when the home team Panthers managed to secure a…

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