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The 1967 FBI File of Professor John B. Neilands

(The late professor John ‘Joe’ B. Neilands, his wife Juanita who retired and lived in Philo for years, and their son Tor were good friends over the years. Neilands was at the top of the…

County Notes: Bright Spots

It might come as a surprise to some readers of this space that there were a couple of genuine, if minor, bright spots in Tuesday’s Board of Supervisor meeting. First, with the appraiser staff now…

Palace Deal Collapses; New Buyers Emerge

In a stunning turn of events, city-supported plans of an investor to transform the historic Palace Hotel into a commercial anchor for downtown Ukiah have collapsed. Jitu Ishwar, the current owner of the derelict hotel…

What’s Next For Native Americans? 

I. Unceded Ohlone Land If you’ve attended a recent public event at a library in San Francisco you’ve probably heard someone on stage tell the audience, “You are on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land.” Last year,…

The Glory Days

When I read that the New York Times was disbanding its sport department, I gulped. One more nail in the coffin of conventional news media. So long newspapers. Hello web. Hard to believe the world…

Crime & No Punishment

Recently a 44-year-old Laytonville man with a history of multiple police “contacts” was busted down in Brooktrails on several charges. Here’s the story: He’s someone well known to me and my co-workers at the Laytonville…

Is Mendo Imploding?

Watching the Board of Supervisors’ blasé attitude toward the County’s core function of property tax collection it’s hard to escape the sense that Mendo is on the verge of imploding and nobody has any idea…

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