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Gee, What A Crazy Town [1957]

Historic parks being sold down the drain for a mess of parkage, bearded beatniks seeking peace of mind by chewing Zen-Zen, grown men fighting like kids over a multimillion-dollar stadium dedicated to a child’s game.…

Wylackie John

Vincennes, Indiana was the birthplace of one of the most ruthless characters of California’s early days. Born in 1833, John D. Wathen came to California in the 1850s and settled in the northern portion of…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday 4/28/24

Sunny | Starts | Body Found | Covelo Towers | Hendry Case | Vet Forum | Successor Superintendent | Web Dew | Road Money | Pet Bobbie Sue | Still Relevant | Westport Shore | Wildflower Show | AVA Archives | Redwood Sap | Lydia Animals | Yesterday's Catch | Totally Available | Nursing Homes | State Farm | Marco Radio | Don't Flush | Warmongering Liars | Let's Eat | Draft Names | I'm Somebody | Tourons | Aprons | McKoy Twins | Native Plants | Student Protests | AI Reaper | Citizen Insult | Not Hired | Domestic Violence | Big Tree | Witch Trial | Peak District

Valley People (April 28, 2024)

IN PRAISE OF RENEE LEE. Anybody who's been around a newspaper will remember that paste-up meant printing out long columns of marching gray on a pre-cyber machine, rolling the backs of the cols with a…

Justice Court Adventures

Not long before the Anderson Valley Justice Court was folded into the County Courthouse, Ukiah, a young man charged with driving on a suspended license asked to have his case postponed until the courtroom had…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 4/27/24

Sunny | Barn | Contested Station | Trash Boat | Author Talk | ABC Suspension | Grazing | The Observer | Songbird Busking | Celebrating Irv | Groundwater Study | Wildlife Discussion | Streetscape Forum | Grange Rental | Seabiscuit Statue | Ed Notes | Plant Sale | Palatial Bummer | Tribal Health | Useful Exercise | Rogue PG&E | Exit Date | Cautionary Tale | Throwing Money | Relapse Happens | SNWMF 2024 | Feeding Hummingbirds | Inner Jim | Yesterday's Catch | No Leaders | Think Tank | Marco Radio | Misfits | Mausoleum Marilyn | Mitt History | Social Slavery | Prefontaine Ran | Sunday Baseball | Forbidden Passion | Oppenheimer Omission | Rather Eat | Summer Fun | Fried Oreo | Not Antisemitic | Expensive Dames | Rushdie Interview | Smoky Lady

San Francisco Weed Week: A Personal History

When I grew marijuana in northern California from about 1977 to 1986, I did not once think or imagine that one day it would be legal to do so. I was not a cannabis activist…

Anderson Valley Roots: The Burgess-Prather Story

One of Anderson Valley’s earlier pioneers was William Prather, born on a farm near “old” Vernon in Jennings County, Indiana. His father, John Lloyd Prather, had been born on the same farm in 1801. William's…

Mendocino County Today: Friday 4/26/24

Showers | Hopping Elk | Oregon Suspect | Robert Calson | Tree Cutting | Student Volunteers | County Notes | Meth House | Ukiah Construction | Plant Sale | Train Plans | Petit Teton | Dos Rios | Ed Notes | Garden Tips | Newman Corrections | Liberty Swap | Best Weekly | Dust Bowlers | Depressing News | Yesterday's Catch | Bottle Bill | Dog Sense | Religious Confusion | Tucker Look | Dem Backfire | Plucking Chickens | Awesome Buffet | Fake Electors | Cancel Culture | Columbia Protests | Romani People | Yew Tree | Not Busy | Coke Plastic | Blowing Corn | NPR Crisis | Oxford Canal

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