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Mendocino County Today: Sunday, July 2, 2023

Hot | Thirsty Fox | Navarro Algae | Driftwood | Garbage Man | J Pups | Turtle Tip | Wildfire Causes | Creepy Internet | Mountain View | Bond Projects | Mexican Gothic | Ed Notes | Pomade | Variety Video | Ambria Aerial | Paul Dolan | Loudfoot | Kelley Flagpole | Yesterday's Catch | Corktop Bill | Early Farmers | Inflation | Cuban Eva | Beacon | Coffee | Drug War | Bear Hunter | Not Reincarnating | Big Birds | Marco Radio | Distracted Populace | Automobile Culture | Peter Lorre | Agribusiness Anxiety | Lenny Montana | Ukraine | Sonny Liston | Twain Chat | Slim Pickens

The Return Of Sierra Nevada World Music Festival

“All kinda people come a dance” – Sugar Minott My first musical experience at the Anderson Valley Fairgrounds came in 1971. I was part of a pickup band of musicians camping at the mouth of…

Road Trips In A Van

Much of my childhood was spent in a van, especially the 1968 Chevy that my parents drove across California, Nevada and Arizona. I remember feeling trapped and bored on those trips, spending countless hours staring…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, July 1, 2023

Hot | Puddingset | Water Project | RV Parade | Ambulance Staffing | Savannah Reminder | Rainfall | AV Groundbreaking | Barn Sale | Ukiah Mural | Haul Road | Riley Missing | Catfish Healing | Giauque Info | Paul Dolan | Op Way | Lawn Party | Cruisers | Ed Notes | Railroad Story | Skunk Refused | Streetscape Project | Remote Psychiatrist | AV Prices | Beacon Run | Yesterday's Catch | Perfect Record | Gods Diner | Earthworm Cultivation | Drunk Fireworks | Marco Radio | Godfather | Climate Challenge | ATM Daddy | Institute Sale | Saloon | Peripatetic | Draymond Extension | Primary Care | Buzzer Test | My Muhammed | Pay Ratio | Penguin Book | Old Joe | Lamped Me | Defending Noriega | Illuminated Tires | Wagner Fiasco | Erich Remarque | Ukraine | Sit

Ellsberg’s Crucial Role: The Unquiet American

In eulogies Daniel Ellsberg is defined as a “whistleblower,” but he didn’t really break the news about “our” role in Vietnam to US Americans who had attended a teach-in or read about the war in Ramparts,…

‘Think I’ll Quit Having Tumors’

Quit drinking the other day, but knowing me, it won’t be long before I hit the bottle again. It’s my pattern.  That means I’ll soon be drinking again. Hallelujah.  I started in college and have…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, June 30, 2023

Interior Heat | Noyo Pond | Fireworks Shows | Arena Weekend | AV Scene | Nesting Season | Funeral Fund | Summer Biking | Farm Stands | Swehla Selected | Water Forum | Another Hospital | Last Sunlight | Ed Notes | ALRFD BBQ | Moderate Us | MAC Director | It's Friday | Keep Listserv | Sport Auto | Buried Treasure | Arena Shoreline | Name Change | Yesterday's Catch | Laytonville Skatepark | 1928 Sterling | MyCitations | Beauty Decision | Reasonable People | Tequila Substitute | Confederate Flag | Viva War | Private Sign | Farmworker Rights | Easy Friend | Bar Question | Slam Job | Conversation | Ukraine | Solitude

Comments On The Uptick Of Weed Production

In last week’s column I wrote a short item about weed and water, and also gave a longer report on my Saturday KPFN program, “This & That.” Those reports generated a number of responses from…

The New Jerusalem

The hippies grew up in my backyard. I did not find them good neighbors. It was nothing personal. I thought it terrific, in the early days of the Haight-Ashbury, that love children could put a…

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