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Recollections of Fort Despair

The original AVA compound, aka Fort Despair, was the Boonville headquarters of the America’s Last Newspaper, but also ground zero for an ongoing social experiment…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 4/16/24

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Letters (April 16, 2024)

Seems like no one responds to emails or phone call messages left for the Jury Services group anymore. They used to transfer jury service to the Ten Mile Court for those living on the coast, but reportedly no longer…

The Sandbox

When a friend recently told me she was depressed again I offered some suggestions: Time to get distracted by something fun? Like a funny show…

Pear Sheds

One night in 1954, I was coming out of my driveway and could see a red glow in the sky to the south. As I…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 4/15/24

Clearing | Angel Missing | Ed Notes | GRT Views | Mosswood & Farmhouse | Comptche Woods | Edmundson Photos | Bridge Opening | Mission Accomplished | Ode to Blanche | Slaughter Yard | Elect Galletti | North Carolina | Yesterday's Catch | Armageddon Update | Say Anything | Other Side | A Joke | Approval Ratings | NPR Uproar | Clearly Unfit | Skirt Check | Lulu Dare | Guru U | Mary Fields | Dog Show | Goony Birds

May Day

In 1969, journalists Andrew Kopkind and James Ridgeway started a Washington-based biweekly newsletter called Mayday. They were soon enjoined by lawyers representing a publication of…

Eradication & Cultivation

The title probably caught your eye thinking this would be a great story about Cannabis!! Haha. This is actually a perspective on the eradication of…

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