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Letters (August 4, 2022)

Being the lost or forgotten coast is nothing new to longtime residents of Gualala and Anchor Bay. Parking, traffic, speed limits and local schools were the concerns of the day back in 1984…

COVID Rebound

With President Biden experiencing a return of COVID symptoms, there has been a flurry of news reports on “COVID rebound”.  Let’s look at what this is and why it happens.   First, it might be…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Warming | Sam Prather | Boonville Fair | Frogtime | Arson Fire | Quiz Night | Beware Fentanyl | Haschak Zoom | Comen Appreciation | Ukiah Fair | Artist Demo | Funny Water | Ed Notes | Senior Benefit | Homelessness | Beach Boulders | Seems Wrong | Local Flowers | Sea Stories | Rotary Fundraiser | Toxic Lake | Yesterday's Catch | Dried Plants | Mind Massage | Worm Machine | Volunteer Pay | Cheatah | David Chavez | Other Cheek | Fresh Water | Old Timers | Pelosi Misadventure | Against Trump | Ukraine | War | Military Errors | Coffee Traits | Extreme California | Burning Coal | WWIII | Kinder Guardians

Off the Record (August 3, 2022)

A WOMAN called the other day to say, “I know who's setting all these fires lately.” I asked her if she'd called the Sheriff, not bothering to argue about the actual number of recent arson…

Valley People (August 3, 2022)

SAM PRATHER has died. A complete obituary to follow, but most of us know that Sam was born and raised in the Anderson Valley where he was a successful rancher in sheep. A kind and…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Warming | Smokey Sun | Coastal Influence | Basketball Champs | Sam Prather | Barn Sale | Council Candidates | Comptche Firefighters | Fair Deals | Blackberry Festival | Nasty Letter | Boonville High | Antle Test | McKinney Fire | Ed Notes | Bunyan Returns | Airport Robbery | Police Reports | Yesterday's Catch | Magic Word | Woke Olympian | Albion Communards | Krishna Retirement | SLO Water | Trifecta USA | Alternate Reality | Melania Realization | Please Hold | Curie Newlyweds | Execution Wear | Big Gust | Pelosi Provocation | Stand Off

The Gent From Ghent

In the first of the four volumes of Thomas Nugent’s Grand Tour of 1749, that hefty guidebook required of aristocratic British travelers to the continent, the city of Ghent (now in Belgium, which didn’t exist…

Logging Slash

Seventy-five years ago, when bulldozers began to be used to log the redwoods, a common practice began of blading logging slash from a landing as far as a dozer could push, usually that meant into…

New Noyo Harbormaster

Before becoming the Harbormaster of the Noyo Harbor District, Anna Neumann worked as a crew member for a commercial fishing vessel, gathered tidal data for a non-profit, and even spent time as a driving instructor…

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