THE SLO-MO IMPASSE between Coast Hospital Management and the United Food & Commercial Workers Union has taken an ominous turn. Last week Coast Hospital CEO Ray Hino sent a memo to all employees saying that…
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VROOM! VROOM! The Ukiah Speedway roars back into action Saturday night with a full schedule of car races peeling out at 5pm. A fireworks display commences after dark, the first fireworks in Ukiah in five…
THE OLYMPICS, A LETTER TO THE BRIT GUARDIAN: “What a complete and utter waste of time, money and effort. The whole farrago makes me very angry. Taxpayers are footing a large part of the bill…
POINT ARENA'S terrific all-round athlete, Trace Yager, has been named Small School Basketball Player of the Year. (Yager is also among the Redwood Empires top young golfers.) All-Empire First Team: Kasey Cazet, Rincon Valley Christian,…
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, always abreast of breaking news, distributed this unsigned announcement Monday: “Dear County Employees, The County flags will be flown at half mast as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless…
SPEED TRAP STATE Editor, Have you noticed that ever since the CHP got to use radar, we've looked like a Southern speed-trap state? CHP officers are hiding behind overpasses and bushes trying to make money…
When I came home from a backpacking trip to Desolation Wilderness one of the temples of my eyeglasses was drastically out of balance with the other. I learned that term, “temple” (for the sidearm of…
Coralee Whitsett, a marine biologist currently managing the aquarium at the Point Cabrillo lighthouse north of Mendocino, has a surprising mission in life — raising Tibetan yaks. “What do you do with them?” is the…