Mendocino County Today: March 6, 2013
IN A BRIEF conversation with Supervisor Pinches on Monday, the Supervisor said the recent study confirming that predators are largely responsible for a reduction in the state’s deer herds, is...
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Mendocino County Today: March 8, 2013
THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT is investigating a woman who may be responsible for Monday morning’s Fircrest apartment fires in Ukiah. She may also have set structure fires in Merced, as many as a dozen...
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PAINFUL LAYOFFS FOR WILLITS SCHOOLS By Jennifer Poole , Willits Weekly www.facebook.com/WillitsWeekly The Willits school board OKd issuing pink slips for 11.5 teachers at its meeting last night — well,...
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The Angriest Pedestrian Ever
Glenn Hughes, the angriest pedestrian ever. It was the 911 tape that burned Glenn Hughes at his preliminary hearing last year. It also seared everyone in court that day who heard it. A man was being...
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Mendocino County Today: March 9, 2013
UNION BUSTING WITH BANKRUPTCY On Thursday, March 7, Coast Hospital CEO Wayne Allen issued the following press release. “Mendocino Coast Hospital Files Bankruptcy Motion To Reject Current Union...
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Mendocino County Today: March 11, 2013
IT COULD HAPPEN HERE. According to a story in the on-line newspaper Lake Tahoe News, 14 members of that County’s Grand Jury resigned en masse last month and then the presiding judge disbanded the Grand...
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Mendocino County Today: March 13, 2013
AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, Mendocino County has engaged Fitch Associates (the go-to consultant for emergency medical issues) to explore the feasibility of establishing an Exclusive Operating Area (EOA)...
View ArticleDr. Kravis’s Leaking Tank
Wikipedia: “Grease traps (also known as grease interceptors, grease recovery devices and grease converters) are plumbing devices designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a...
View ArticleBypass In The Wind
Members of California State Senator Noreen Evans’ staff, including her resident guru on environmental policy issues, Jeff Tyrell, visited The Warbler’s tree sit on Feb. 20th to get a feel for the...
View ArticleUnion Busting With Bankruptcy
On Thursday, March 7, Coast Hospital CEO Wayne Allen issued the following press release. “Mendocino Coast Hospital Files Bankruptcy Motion To Reject Current Union Contract; To Seek Negotiations On A...
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Mendocino County Today: March 14, 2013
PRO-BYPASS RALLY IN WILLITS By Jennifer Poole, Willits Weekly. www.facebook.com/WillitsWeekly Honks of support from passing traffic and chants of “Build It Now” filled the air this morning as Operating...
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Watching The CFS
The Navarro. Courtesy, Clinton Steeds. I’m hooked on a new drama, called the CFS. It’s not a crime show, exactly, though there’s potential tragedy enough. It’s more of a reality show about Anderson...
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Mendocino County Today: March 15, 2013
FRIDAY’S FIRE in Albion now looks like arson, as the following press release from the Sheriff’s Department makes clear. The second item describing another episode in the ancient saga of domestic mayhem...
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Mendocino County Today: March 18, 2013
FEDERAL JUDGE CLAUDIA WILKEN ruled last week that inmates held in Pelican Bay’s iso cells for years at a time can proceed with their federal lawsuit charging that these cells amount to mental torture....
View ArticleThe Need To Proceed For Speed
Mandi Dillon is location manager for the upcoming car-chase movie “Need For Speed.” The film is based on a video game for the proverbial “children of all ages” at whom most entertainment is aimed these...
View ArticleCrime & Punishment
“If I knew the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, your honor, why then I would be God! —Dick Gregory The week started out with two jury trials on Monday, but by early Tuesday both...
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Mendocino County Today: March 20, 2013
Pinches SUPERVISOR JOHN PINCHES, according to Willits News staff writer Linda Williams, told the Brooktrails Community Services District last Tuesday that at least one supervisor favors removing...
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Bypass Blockades Continue
In the past three weeks, construction crews employed by CalTrans on five occasions have rolled out big machines with the intention of installing construction fencing, cutting trees, and clearing brush...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: March 21, 2013
WILLITS BYPASS? Hard to understand. The traffic through Willits is an embarrassment always and impossible on weekends. You can avoid through-town traffic by turning right at Brown’s Corner and going...
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Mendocino County Today: March 22, 2013
WILLITS WEEKLY’S CAT LEE reporting from the CHP press conference Thursday regarding the Willits Bypass and related protest(s): Eight arrests, no violence, no resistance, no destruction of equipment or...
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