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Alternatives To Palace Demolition

A lot of effort is being put into a local campaign to show how decrepit the Palace Hotel, a downtown Ukiah landmark, has become.  The…

PG&E To County: After Us, You’re First

By a far and wide margin, the single most significant item discussed at Tuesday’s (Feb. 6th) BOS meeting occurred in the waning moments immediately prior…

A Palestinian Poet Drops A Poetic Bomb

No doubt you have been hearing, seeing and reading the news from Gaza. You may have a clear understanding of what’s happening there. That’s all…

Preston House Memories

I was an active 4-H member of the Hopland 4-H Club in the 1950s. One of the activities I remember well is that the Mendocino…

Captain At The Mouth

Charles Fletcher, or Captain Fletcher as he was often called, was a sailor who was the first to settle at the mouth of the Navarro…

The House of Usher

The night that word came through that Usher would be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show this year, you had a dream that you were…

Black History For Stoners

Soon after the federal prohibition was imposed by Congress in 1937, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia assigned the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) to study the…

Scalpel’s Out: Coast Hospital Foundation Finances Dip

The Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation says they are “Facing Financial Challenges.” Here’s their press release: The Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation (MCHFoundation) has a history of…

Demolition By Neglect

Heavy winter rains this past week pummeled the historic Palace Hotel, sending storm water gushing into an already severely damaged landmark. A return of back…

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