Choosing your Death
After passage by Californians at the ballot box, legal challenges, religious opposition, then finally the support of long-time opponent the California Medical…
Supervisors Attack Minister
A good friend of mine’s wife called a few months ago and asked me to call her son. I called the young…
Sacred Herb & the Rev’s Two o’Clock Shock
The raiding party, dressed in ninja black, gathered at two in the morning on November 18, 2005 outside a doublewide trailer on…
Rosie Grover: Bright Light, Long Shadow
I was at Todd Grove Park, doing nothing, and spotted a big wooden sign on the western edge across from the golf…
Most Iraq/Afghanistan Vets Now Regret the Mission
"Trump's Opposition to 'Endless Wars' Appeals to Those Who Fought Them" read the headline above a front-page story by Jennifer Steinhauer in…
Introducing Judge Pekin
When I first saw Patrick Pekin walk out of the Mendocino Volunteer Fire Station as I pulled into the parking lot I…
PG&E Power Shutdowns Anger Public Into Action?
Starting on Saturday, Oct. 26 and continuing through Wednesday, Oct. 30, Mendocino County joined 35 other Northern and Central California counties in…
The Night of the Eclipse
Other mysteries of the extravagant hotel were not so simple for Ana Magdalena Bach. When she lit a cigarette, it set off a…
The Sheriff is a Realist
Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said something America needed to hear on '60 Minutes' last Sunday (October 27). The segment, narrated by…
An Afternoon at C.V. Starr
Cutler Crowell, 71, has lived in Fort Bragg for many years where he’s raised a family and enjoys an unblemished reputation. Age…
Lessons Learned
While people pontificate about what should or shouldn’t happen to PG&E after this recent potential disaster and power shut off, it was…
Fort Bragg Goes Dark
When I got into the city on Monday morning, winds were blowing straight at massive fires at 93 miles-an-hour. I was hearing rumblings about 30,000 acres burned, Windsor and Healdsburg…