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Demolition By Neglect

Heavy winter rains this past week pummeled the historic Palace Hotel, sending storm water gushing into an already severely damaged landmark. A return of back to back wet winters – which are typical for the…

County Notes & Stats

Our very, very busy Supervisors have posted an agenda for Tuesday, February 4, 2024 that is so devoid of substance that they may as well not meet. No action is proposed to be taken and…

Chicago’s Legendary Organizer

The Jazz Age novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, once said famously that “There are no second acts in American lives.” Scott changed his mind, at least for New York City. In the midst of the Depression,…

The Day They Burned The Apple Trees

“Why it's positively Vesuvian out there!” exclaimed a nicely dressed forty-ish woman waiting at the counter of Café Glad in Boonville for the decaf latte she'd just ordered. “Where on earth is all this smoke…

Seabiscuit & Cars

The death of Walter Mondale brings back strong memories of when many other Mendocino County residents and I had a firsthand face-to-face meeting with the late Vice-president up at the Ridgewood Ranch outside of Willits.…

Who’s In Charge?

It’s now apparent that the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors have their necks fully bowed and have hung closed signs on their minds over the relocation of the Veteran Services Office (VSO).  At Tuesday’s (Jan.…

County Notes: The First District Supes Race

There are four candidates for Mendocino’s First District Supervisor seat being vacated by retiring Supervisor and former UC Ag Extension wine advisor Glenn McGourty: Madeline Cline, Adam Gaska, Carrie Shattuck, and Trevor Mockel. Ms. Cline…

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