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Why We Need ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ More Than Ever Now

I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” which premiered 100 years ago this week, from start to finish. Snippets had played throughout the soundtrack of my life as a…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 5/6/2025

Sunny | FBI Khadijah | Tribal Lawsuit | Mendo Poppies | Indian Casinos | Finnish Mural | Duets Concerts | Lemon Flower | Gully Stuffing | Johnson Art | Circus Show | Yesterday's Catch | Legal Process | President Chaos | Whale Problems | Alcatraz Escapes | Giants Lose | Sinclair Lewis | Lead Stories | Best 100 | Boundaries | You're Fired | Gaza Escalation | Girls Night | Brainwashing | Out There | Trumpland | Round Back | Satchel Paige | Moreau Lake

Off the Record 5/6/2025

WHEN THE GRAND JURY published that smiling photo of themselves with the Supervisors and the Presiding Judge, they were basically declaring in advance that they had no intention of independently reviewing the County’s operations or…

Keep Movin’

I was born with control. I take two awful hot baths a day. I keep movin’ all the time on the diamond — and I eat nothin’ but fried food. Why does my arm last…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 5/5/2025

Sunny | Bacon Caught | Bomber Caught | FB Protest | Awards Ceremony | Art Exhibit | AVUSD News | Jazz Band | Drum Circle | BBQ Boonville | Ed Notes | Blues Festival | The Mackerrichers | Benefit Dinner | Yesterday's Catch | Weed or Wine | Fat City | Cinco de Mayo | Making Contact | Shorty Works | Rand Books | Uncle Puckie | Venceremos | A Cow | Stay Alert | Warriors Win | Giants Win | Alcatraz Dream | Original Joe's | Digital Newspapers | Kezar Stadium | Roosevelt Legacy | Sex Ed | Southern Myth | Portrait | Maga Base | Lead Stories | Qatarland | State Media | Camo Box | Journalists | Budget Proposal | Kinda Corny

Announcements 5/5/2025

UNITY CLUB NEWS by Miriam Martinez April showers bring May Wildflowers; just in time for the annual A.V. Unity Club's Wildflower Show May 3rd & 4th in June Hall at the Boonville Fairgrounds.  Doors open…

In The Lower Deserts [August 2001]

Cactus Smuggling and Other Adventures… I stood alongside two Mexican tourists looking through a chainlink fence at an enormous hole in the ground. Somewhere near the New Mexico/Arizona line it was maybe half a mile…

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