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This Week: the sherrif's fancy new computer system; pot cops & pot prices; sniveling for Affinito; and much more

Getting Crab Out Of Noyo

From the deck of an 18-footer fully loaded for a sport crab run, the sea looked pretty nice before noon. Crossing the Noyo bridge, we noted the flat surface of the cove, with only a…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. While many of you will have seen me there, others would perhaps like to know that I spent a lovely evening in…

Farm To Farm

“Never go in Kincaid Holler after dark,” they always warned us. The Kincaids reinforced the frightened prejudices of the German farmers. From the other side of the river, the farmers they regarded as invaders of…

Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: John Scharffenberger

I met with John at his lovely home set amongst thirty-plus beautiful acres just outside Philo. He made some strong coffee and we sat down to talk in the spacious dining room, with dogs Boris…

Feds Win A Pot Ruling

A series of lawsuits have been filed by medical marijuana advocates attempting to halt an ongoing federal crackdown on dispensaries and a ruling last week favored the feds. In a federal court case filed by…

The Judge Takes A Powder

It was Wednesday for us, doomsday for Christopher “Chris” Diaz, the 22-year-old Mendocino man wanted in Texas for possession of an half-ounce of marijuana and “bail jumping.” Diaz is facing 5-99 years in a Texas prison. The…

Draconian Cuts & State Parks

Friday morning, December 2nd, at 9AM, the John Sakowicz show on KZYX/Z featured a live interview with Jared Huffman, candidate for the 2nd Congressional District. Mr. Huffman appeared in his capacity as Chairman of the…

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