Purity No More
I was transferred back to the North Coast in 1965 by Ortho Chemical Company who I had worked for five years. I…
Biloxi Days: Morning Standup
Every morning at eight o'clock sharp each of the six maintenance organization chiefs had to appear at the morning status briefing in…
Disaster Music
As historic Midwestern floodwaters receded, another “bomb cyclone” attacked the central U.S. this week. It is a time of extremes: to the…
HumCo Supe Bohn’s ‘Dangerous’ Joke
The pressure on Humboldt County Supervisor Rex Bohn is intensifying as members of the community say he’s a racist and rally for…
What the Fox Says
I have acquired a friend here in the rehab, a rareish example of the type of person you’d be lucky to encounter…
Cemetery Do-Do
I will probably not live forever, so it is time to make some plans for my passing. Last month I called Eversole…
Death by Secret Subcommittee
On a Wednesday afternoon, Town Hall was empty except for the seven members of the City Council-appointed ad hoc California Voting Rights…
Hugo on Stone & Cathedrals
"From the beginning of things down to the fifteenth century of the Christian era inclusive, architecture was the great book of humanity,…
On Potential
A fellow I got clean with years back — he stayed, I strayed — at the old Ford Street Project…
Governor’s First Ladies in History
While praise and glory has been heaped on California governors and biographies written about them, standing behind almost every one of them…
Biloxi Days: Mr. Trent
In the late 60s and early 70s the Civil Rights Movement burned hot and fierce, fighting its fight into every area of…
The Essential Fech
David Fechheimer, San Francisco's premier private investigator, died April 2 after open-heart surgery. We'd been friends for 44 years, minus two. David…