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Ukiah the Next Day

We've travelled through "Ukiah After Dark," setting sail on the inland party boat. But now it's time to deal with the unhappy consequences of a night on the town as experienced by many young people…

Reckless Drinking

Last week we set sail through “Ukiah After Dark,” on the inland party boat without mentioning that the consequences of a night on the town  can be unhappy ones.  The more successful late-night navigators don’t…

A True History Of Anderson Valley

Much of the history of California settlement following the Spanish and Mexican periods has been built up around the "romantic" mining industry, which was profitable to the few rich men it produced but often tragic…

The Mendo Pot Chronicles

A cautionary tale, versions of which have happened here, and will continue to happen here. On January 9th of this year, Rex Farrance, 59, a long-time technical editor of PC World Magazine, was murdered in…

Water Woes

"No river should reach the ocean." —Stalin Not so long ago there was so much water in the summer time Russian River you could water ski at Healdsburg. Where did all the water go? Why…

Marijuana Imperialism & Patrick Fourmy

When the Drug Enforcement Agency raided a large-scale marijuana grow three weeks ago on Navarro Ridge Road, neighbors of the pot gardens were very pleased. The owner of the gardens, a Santa Barbara man named…

We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Walls

We are being walled in. Every second that we stay here, they are adding another inch to the wall they are building along the southern border of this country and the northern one of the…

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