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Off the Record (Sep. 6, 2017)

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. Fred Gardner writes: Justin B., 19, has always been a bicycle person. He works at a bike store in Salem, Oregon and takes long road trips with friends whenever he…

Ah, Youth!

A jury convicted Justin Phillips last week of running down Donald Wagner. Phillips was drag racing his cousin, Luke Buzzard last, December 8th when he hit Wagner, leaving the injured man to die. Phillips and…

String Quartet

[Sep 24] For the First time in Ukiah the Del Sol Quartet will perform at Mendocino College, Little Theater on Sunday, September 24 at 3pm. With fantastic worldwide reviews the Del Sol is referred to…

Gunslingers & Trick-Shooters

Weston Loren Riley auditioned for Gunslinger of the Year in Covelo on July 11th. According to the Sheriff’s Department terse Press Release: Deputies contacted a woman who said she was a caretaker of property owned…

Bird’s Eye View (Aug. 30, 2017)

The death of Gloria Ross this past weekend is tragically sad news for a multitude of Valley folks and a huge loss to the Valley on a number of levels. Gloria was monumental in her…

Screws Tightened on Hospitality House

At the conclusion of a five hour Fort Bragg Planning Commission meeting on August 23rd, the City's planning commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of a resolution that placed eighteen special conditions on a use permit…

Off the Record (Aug. 30, 2017)

YOU SAY SUPE'S meetings are boring. Not the August 22 meeting, which featured both a Mendo First and an Only In Mendo. SUPERVISOR JOHN McCOWEN began what became a memorable session of the typically plodding…

Comptche Arts Benefit

[Sep 23] We invite you to share a day of Art, Wine & fun in Comptche at the Community Hall on the Comptche/Ukiah Road 1/4 mile East of the Store. Each autumn we gather local…

The Settler Killers

The preliminary hearing in the gang-murder of Laytonville pot pharmer Jeffery Settler last November got underway last Monday, but most of the first day was taken up with pleas from three of the seven defendants. Zachary Wuester, Gary “Giggles” Fitzgerald, and Said “Richie” Mohamed who each pled to nine years in the state prison for “robbery in concert” with the understanding that they would all have to waive credit for time served up until the date of sentencing, and the stipulation that they would not be labeled as “stabbers” in Mr. Settler’s gruesome murder.

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