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Ukiah Soundtrack: Howls & Roars

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…

Ukiah’s Flying Fire Chief Set To Retire

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…

Far Out Gallery

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…

Public Thoughts On County’s ‘Fiscal Crisis’

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…

For the Toy Department…Bill Veeck

(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…

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