Ed note: 96 years ago, the Apple Fair in Boonville was marked by the dual tragedies described in these articles from local newspapers. Many thinks to Debra Silva for finding them. Fort Bragg Advocate News,…
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Gary Johnson and I met again at his mother Eva’s house’s back yard to fill in the “rest of the Johnson Ranch story.” I asked Gary about his first memories which took him to recollections…
The billionaire team owners are called “governors” of the National Basketball Association. The mouthpiece hired by the governors to advance their interests is called “the commissioner.” Players getting time off during the season to rest…
This week’s Supes meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 26, was Zoom-bombed by three or four idiots who called in with racist and anti-Semitic rants that were immediately cut-off by Board Chair Glenn McGourty. I believe they…
Last Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting was interrupted by a jerk or jerks calling in on-line via zoom several times to make intentionally disruptive racist remarks. The Board clerk quickly cut the zoomer(s) off, but…
Did you know that Mendocino City went “dry” ten years before the rest of the USA? In the summer of 1909, the voters (men) of Mendocino decided to eliminate the sale of liquor. It can…
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.” – Hunter S. Thompson The pandemic has generated waves of anxiety and depression, but it has also been a boom to creativity. I’ve known both. I’ve…
Pedaling my bicycle along the Great Redwood Trail last week I could not believe some of the things I saw … I noticed several individuals sitting together on the ground smoking dope next to a…