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Community Sing For Peace

(Dec 22) Everyone is invited to join in singing songs of the season and songs of peace, hope, and light, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 7:00pm. This is the seventeenth annual free community Solstice Sing hosted…

Not Guilty Until Not Guilty

Nobody in the District Attorney’s Office wanted the Arogundade case because they all knew it was bogus. The bad guy got away and left Jamiu Arogundade holding the bag. Literally. But it was a big…

Bird’s Eye View (Dec 16, 2015)

As I write, on a cold, wet, and windy Sunday morning, the power is out at The Nest in the hills above the Christine Woods region, and possibly the whole Valley for all I know. This happens a lot less frequently in recent years but I am somewhat at a loss as to how I will do so many of the things I take for granted, not to mention that with the internet out and spotty cellphone service up here I am virtually incommunicado with the outside world. Not a bad thing at times, but right now these technical difficulties are a little inconvenient.

Off the Record (Dec 16, 2015)

THE SUPERVISORS have approved a 16 percent pay raise for District Attorney David Eyster and a 10 percent raise for Sheriff Tom Allman. Supervisors McCowen and Woodhouse wanted to give Eyster more to ensure he…

DIY Snow Globes

(Dec 19) A Holiday Gift-Making Event for Teens, Saturday, December 19th, 11:30 am. Still looking for that special gift for your friend or relative? Teens are invited to personalize Snow Globes at the Library’s free…

Winter Wonderland Party

(Dec 19) The Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund, Fort Bragg Library and FIRST 5 Mendocino will be hosting a free Winter Wonderland party. Join the fun! Crafts, family pictures, face painting, toy trains, storytelling and more!…

The Golden Doorknobs Caper

Travis Jesse Maresh was pretty sure he could beat the rap for ripping off the golden doorknobs. The only guy who could place him at the scene was Earl Lansdowne, and Earl had also made…

Coast Hospital Blues (& Reds)

A 2013 article in Salon.com declared that “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result,” had become the most overworked cliché in journalism and public speaking.…

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