Valley People (June 10, 2020)
AS EVERYONE ELSE who knew David Summit, we are saddened by his premature death near his home in Potter Valley. David was…
Budget Problem? What Budget Problem?
Notes from the Supervisors Agendas for June 9 & 10. MENDO HEALTH OFFICER NOEMI DOOHAN of San Diego is up for another…
Off the Record (June 10, 2020)
A FEDERAL LAWSUIT has been filed in San Francisco against the Ukiah Police Department by the eminent SoCo attorney, Izaak Swagger, who…
A Heck of a Month
With the nation's major cities rocked by nearly a week of fiery protest over racism and police violence, and Sonoma County embroiled…
Measure B: Sloth & Confusion
THE MEASURE B COMMITTEE “MET” Wednesday afternoon. It was the most pathetic excuse for a meeting I’ve ever seen in Mendo, bar-none…
Off the Record (June 3, 2020)
JIM WAGONER will be a familiar name to Coast radio listeners. He writes: "I'm an old radio news guy who lived in…
Valley People (June 3, 2020)
THE FIRST FIRE of the season broke out Monday afternoon about 3 roughly five miles up Nash Mill Road. CDF called out…
Coast Notes (May 27, 2020)
FOOD BANKS across the country are groaning under unprecedented demand during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Redwood Empire Food Bank in Santa Rosa,…
Off the Record (May 27, 2020)
MEMORIAL DAY MEMORY. As a kid I always had a paper route. At the time, Frisco published several dailies and plenty of…
County Notes (May 27, 2020)
As predicted, after a few nitpicks about the funding and sequencing, the Board rubberstamped handing over about $1.5 million to “Visit Mendocino”…
Valley People (May 27, 2020)
HEALTH CENTER MANAGER, Chloe Guazzone, told us last week that the Center was conducting "surveillance testing" for the coronavirus in the Anderson…
Fort Bragg Pulls Together
With about a million and a half dollars worth of spending cuts made from its $3.3 million general fund budget — mostly…