B is for Bank
It’s common knowledge among County insiders that our un-elected CEO Carmel Angelo runs Mendo, and definitely also runs our elected Board of…
Off the Record (September 2, 2020)
CHRIS SKYHAWK NOTES: "I find it interesting that Marbut ended up working for the Trump administration. I doubt it has any significance…
Valley People (September 2, 2020)
A FIRE in Boonville. A giant plume of black smoke off Mountainview Road about a mile from the Anderson Valley High School…
Fire in Boonville
A giant plume of black smoke off Mountainview Road about a mile from the Anderson Valley High School brought alarmed residents of Boonville…
‘Massive Increase in Abnormal Behaviors…’
Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall said this weekend that Covid is sparking “a massive increase in abnormal behaviors” among citizens, attributable to…
Those Coast Parks & Rec Grants
California State Parks has withheld two grants from the Mendocino Coast Recreation & Parks District (MCRPD) for over two years. Through a…
The Schraeders’ Multi-Million Dollar Psych-Motel
The Supervisors rubberstamped the huge gift of a gold-plated “Crisis Residential Treatment” building next door to the Schraeders last Tuesday. Nobody actually…
Mendo’s New Homeless Plan
Thirty pages of extremely unreadable bureaucratic detail make up Mendo’s recently published and long-awaited “Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness in Mendocino County.”…
Off the Record (August 26, 2020)
BIG TWITTER DAY for Trump last week, as he denounced New York City mayor Bill de Blasio as "a communist fool who…
Valley People (August 26, 2020)
WE RECEIVED the sad news Sunday morning that Miguel Ridolfi has died. Only 46, a resident of Philo, Miguel is remembered as…
Swoosh? What Swoosh?
Fort Bragg City Manager Tabatha Miller wrote in this week’s report to her City Council: “What we don’t know is how long…
Coast Parks & Rec Update
Recently these pages described the resignation of John Huff from the Mendocino Coast Recreation & Park District (MCRPD) and his decision a…