Imagine this: It’s 1888 and you are a small child living on a ranch on the Mail Ridge Road in northern Mendocino County. You see the dust of travelers coming along the roadway and run…
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For those of you following my ongoing series on the homeless-mental health services debacle in California and, of course, in this county, know that my primary themes are: To clear up some of the confusion…
I have a question for you. What do you think will happen first: My money is on the aliens; they are already in our midst, especially in Mendoland. Six weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled…
Prosecutors want to question a psychologist who prepared a report supporting the mental health diversion of Mendocino County’s former Payroll Manager, a veteran employee facing a felony charge of misappropriation of public funds. Special outside…
Remember that Grand Jury report from last June entitled “25 Years of Transient Human Resources Leadership and a Hobbled Human Resources Department”? From the intro: “The 2022-2023 Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury (GJ) has identified…
Last week I posted pictures of the woeful, sad, algae infested Navarro River. This year the algae exploded during our first very hot heatwave at the beginning of July. The water is low, ugly and…
At the ripe age of 90 or so Gregory Sims of Philo seems to be unfailingly cheerful. In sightings over the past 20 years in Anderson Valley usually has a slight smile playing over his…
Revised design plans for a new Mendocino County Courthouse show a two-story glass entrance to an 82,000-square foot, seven-courtroom building whose estimated costs have risen to $150 million, according to the Judicial Council of California.…
Put yourselves in the shoes of Jeff and Patti Winnie, parents, working people, long-time residents of Willits, property owners, no criminal history. One day about six weeks ago the Winnies' 18-year-old daughter Monica brought her…