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Disaster Preparedness

During my early days in the Air Force one of my duties was Base Mobility Plans officer. It was a dull job that nobody would volunteer for. I got stuck with it because Colonel Taylor…

Hello Severity, Good-Bye Leniency

Mendo’s new Public Defender Jeffery Aaron has yet to make his debut at the courthouse in Ukiah, but the place has been running smoothly without him, and the District Attorney told us that he, David Eyster, had already met Mr. Aaron and thoroughly approved of the choice. 

MRC’s Quest For Revenge

Usually, when we see court cases listed under “Closed Session” agenda items for the Board of Supes we don’t have any idea what’s at issue, even though the court filings themselves are available to the…

When It Came To Blows

Scott Rhodes and Pablo Gonzales shared an apartment at 234 Clara Avenue, Ukiah, until March 21st, when they got into a fight, allegedly instigated by Pablo’s father, Pablo Gonzales, Sr. Keep in mind this is…

The Cost Of Resistance

The City Council met in regular session Monday night and gloriously stole their own show, but there was more to it than met the eye.

Town Hall was packed, not the standing-room-only that often distinguishes our small, vibrant democracy, but there was a respectable turnout. In little Fort Bragg, a city of 7,000 residents, Council meetings are routinely attended by crowds far exceeding the who-cares-let-it-happen emptiness one ordinarily observes in the meetings of the County Board of Supervisors representing 80,000 constituents.

Off the Record (Aug. 22, 2018)

WE HAVE an anon letter scorching Coast Hospital from, purportedly, a former traveling nurse alleging the rude arrogance of some doctors and specific allegations that one doctor opens and closes doors by kicking them and a…

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