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Keith Jarrett In The Landscape Of Bach

No keyboard player of this or any other age has been more wide-ranging than Keith Jarrett. His contributions to jazz extend from the endlessly astonishing…

Down To Downieville

We’re fortunate to live here in a place called Big Valley in the northeast corner of California on the Lassen/Modoc County line that has so far managed to avoid overpopulation and overdevelopment and the resultant hyper lifestyle that gives sad valid relevance to the contemporary epithet Californicated.

Off The Record

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS voted final approval of the 2013-14 Final Budget at their meeting on Monday. The budget continues to build the County's reserve…

Valley People

THE FAIRGROUNDS is ablaze in zinnias and bustle as the annual County Fair gets ready to kick off Friday and will run on through Sunday,…

Mendocino County Today: September 10, 2013

PATRICK GUZMAN, 70, of Fort Bragg, was reported missing September 3rd when his white, 1999 Cadillac Deville, was found with the engine running in a…

Mendocino County Today: September 9, 2013

THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS began for me Saturday noon at the foot of Market Street, San Francisco, where a very large, unhappy woman was bellowing…

Mendocino County Today: September 8, 2013

“BUT IF THOUGHT CORRUPTS LANGUAGE, language can also corrupt thought.” — George Orwell, 1984 IN THE FOLLOWING, Mendocino County manages to corrupt both language and…

Mendocino County Today: September 7, 2013

THE ORACLE SPEAKS: The AVA emailed KZYX General Manager John Coate on Thursday: Hello, Mr. Coate: Is your trip to Australia funded by our public…

Mendocino County Today: September 6, 2013

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT announced Wednesday it's going to charge for its on-line edition. Bad idea. The PD doesn't do anything worth paying for. The SF…

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