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Mendocino County Today: January 21, 2014

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN MLK…? Hi, Everyone knows where they were, etc., when JFK was shot. I'm interested in your stories of where you were, what happened, what you thought, etc., when MLK was shot.…

Mendocino County Today: January 20, 2014

LOCAL AUTHOR PEG KINGMAN’S LATEST NOVEL is in the offing, and should be out later this year. It’s the third and final installment in her contract with W.W.Norton for a trilogy set in the 19th…

Mendocino County Today: January 19, 2014

New satellite images show the true extent of the record drought hitting California, as the state declares an emergency and seeks federal aid.

Mendocino County Today: January 18, 2014

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT EMERGENCY MADE OFFICIAL (01-17) 10:01 PST San Francisco — Governor Jerry Brown on Friday officially declared a drought emergency in California, asking residents to voluntarily reduce their water use by 20 percent and…

Senility Etiquette

A question of manners: What is the proper way to inform a friend that you have already heard the story they have started to tell for the 53rd time? Equally vexing: What is the proper…

Mendocino County Today: January 17, 2014

DEBBIE CLARK, long-time publisher of the Willits News, has announced she is retiring, one more sign that the chain-owned Mendo papers, all of them overseen out of Chico, will soon be down to even more…

Book Review by Anne Shirako

Should a grown man have a secret friendship with a young teen? In real life, of course, it’s dicey; but in this novel, it works. These two lost souls learn to trust each other, shyly share the memories of their beloved, and slowly begin the so very necessary healing of this broken family.

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