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A Beacon of Hope

Where 19th century genius meets 21st century thuggery… I had no idea that a militia of armed rebels was conducting a raid just minutes away as I stood in awe of the genius of 19th…

The Perpetual Stew

It was in the seventies when this happened. Synanon. It was the first drug rehab center. But it was more than that. It was its own little world. Chuck Dederick (the founder and number 1…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, June 26, 2022

Another Hot | Yorkville Fire | Thundercloud | Cloverdale Outage | Titus Memorial | Puppies Galore | Insurance | Dog Care | Library Initiative | AV Events | Jarvis Camp | Ed Notes | Oak Noticed | PA Agenda | Greenwood Restaurant | Old 128 | County Notes | Report Card | Gualala Shopping | Abalone | Popcorn King | Earth Skills | Yesterday's Catch | Ukraine | Trigger States | Right to Life | Godlike | Tyrannical Government | Lady Bird | Orwell's Teeth | Hardy Hotel | Apocalyptic Tonsilloreum | Goal | Great Reunion | Women's Rights | Huge Flaws | Gender Neutral | Propaganda Power | Public Attention | Chet Baker | Perfect Spot | Greenwood Ridge | Marco Radio | Red Fruit | Beautiful Truth

The Steal That Didn’t Get Stopped

There’s papers here. There’s papers there. Could be a desk underneath somewhere.  Entropy got a hold of me inexorably. I keep a stack of items that seem worth quoting if and when a hook presents…

Ride to Eat

A hundred miles before breakfast.  It was founding Rider staffer Dick Blom’s number one road rule in the old days back in the Seventies before many of you were born. His number two rule was…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, June 25, 2022

Interior Heat | Skunk Rejected | Rummage Sale | Tiny Rent | Digitalis | Our Brother | Shanties | Mussel Awareness | Yart Sale | County Counsel | Picnic | KMUD Party | General Advisory | Kelley Volunteers | County Musings | Covelo Buckhorn | Navarro Mill | Six Sentenced | Eyesore Debate | Stage | 1866 Greenwood | Yesterday's Catch | Roe Overturned | Never Codified | Trigger States | Open Carry | Ukraine | Impeach Me | Abalone | Treble | Gas Tax | Pride | Fingermaiden | Biden's Right | Hook Norton | Anna Fessler | Black & White | Pence Medal | Mexico 1940 | Radicals | Woman's Decision | Marco Radio | 2040 | Narrative Control | PD Listening

Supes’ Sales Tax Proposal

In last week’s column I explained that three Supervisors, Ted Williams, Mo Mulheren, and Glenn McGourty, are planning to place a sales tax measure on the November ballot. The stated purpose of their proposed sales…

Songs of Oz

One quick and easy way to go American is to lose the diacriticals. Born with a suspicious Umlaut, Mehmet Öz does business on tv—whether as celebrity host of his own long-running health show, or now…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, June 24, 2022

Outage Delay | More Hot | Gulls | Jan Goodin | One Positive | FB Fireworks | Ed Notes | Economic Anxiety | PA Fireworks | Council Seats | Queens Float | Orick Story | Concealed Carry | Motel Mendocino | George Bettencourt | Green Container | Surf Deer | Police Reports | Yesterday's Catch | Pelosi Popped | Golden Gate | Ukraine | Coming Soon | Even Better | Today's Standards | Gas Gouging | Musselwhite Cover | Yellowstone Future | Gus & Lizzie | Bracero Wrong | Thunder Fire | Dental Bound | King Elvis | Big Money | Amish Chainsaw | Texas Disbelief | Mendo Baseball | China Rising | India Fireworks

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