An out of town guest was visiting for a few days and while we were on the back deck dawdling over a sampler of Ritz crackers, Velveeta cheese and PopTart hors d’oeuvres, we discussed Ukiah’s…
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For years, Ray Taglio has been the eyes in the sky for Mendocino County firefighters, directing countless precise attacks on wildfires of all sizes. But on Sunday, he took his last flight as Battalion Aviation…
Mendocino County supervisors face a legal challenge to their decision to abruptly suspend embattled county Auditor Chamise Cubbison without pay, according to the elected official’s attorney. Santa Rosa lawyer Chris Andrian said Saturday, “We have…
Art and art galleries are two wonders of The City, my friends North of the Golden Gate tell me. That's true for me. When Anne Marguerite Herbst founded Far Out Gallery, aka FOG, on Taraval…
Ed Note: What is most impressive about Larry Parsons is his utter lack of self pity. There are people who say that not only does Parsons lack self pity but that he is feisty and…
The past couple of weeks, I’ve covered the fiscal crisis that has been the main topic under discussion at Board of Supervisors meetings for the last year. I’ve called for the County to stop talking…
(Slightly condensed from an article in the March 1949 American Legion Magazine by Paul Gardner) In mid-summer of 1946 Bill Veeck limped into Cleveland to head up a syndicate which had bought out the 6th…
You might expect after the Board’s frequent hand-wringing about possible bankruptcy and structural deficits and looming budget shortfalls, ongoing employee negotiations, ongoing computer software problems with both the accounting system and the property tax system,…
In a sharp escalation of a running political battle between two elected Mendocino County officials, a felony criminal charge of misappropriation of public funds was filed Friday against County Auditor Chamise Cubbison by District Attorney…