By Gordon McCraw Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 08:45am Weather We still have a little patchy light rain or drizzle lingering this morning but with a ridge of high pressure moving in conditions should slowly…
Category: Guest Column
PEACE OUT LOUD: Thank You Teachers!
By Romy Carver It’s Spring Break, a chance for students and teachers to regroup. Nobody deserves a break more than our teachers. Teachers don’t stop working when school ends for the day. They are…
NEWS FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: The Salem-to-District Transition
By State Representative David Gomberg If you are anything like me, getting up early was just a little bit harder this past week with the shift to Daylight Savings Time. You would…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – Weather & Hwy. 101 Road Update 3/21/22
By Gordon McCraw Monday, March 21, 2022, 11:00am Weather Today we are seeing some light, occasional moderate rain moving across the area associated with a warm front moving in. This will be…
RENDERINGS & RAMBLINGS: Mayday Queen & Eucalyptus
By Charles McLaughlin Well, getting back to Stanyan, at its base the “76” car turned westward and hauled paying passengers and rascals alike to the incredible Fleishhacker Pool, the largest open air…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Container Gardening – The Basics
Provided by Tillamook County Wellness The first day of Spring is TODAY March 20th. You may be using this time to clean out last year’s garden beds, or to collect seeds for…
Renderings & Ramblings: More About Life as a Kid in San Francisco
By Charles McLaughlin I’m picking up here, guys and gals, talking about what it was like living in San Francisco. Well, unlike poet Rod McKuen, Stanyan Street held no sorrows for me….
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/18/22 – Weather; Roads – Hwy. 101 south of Wheeler – Restricted to One Lane; Spring Break Begins
By Gordon McCraw Friday, March 18, 2022, 08:00am Weather High clouds are streaming across the top of the high pressure ridge and dropping down across the area. The ridge is getting pushed…
About Bakersfield: Losing my prejudice
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sharing stories begets more sharing of stories … Chuck McLaughlin’s ramblings about Bakersfield prompted local writer Victoria Stoppiello to recall a story she wrote about her experience in Bakersfield. Thanks…
RENDERINGS AND RAMBLINGS OF AN AGED BOHEMIAN: Stanyan St. Stinkers Take On San Francisco
EDITOR’S NOTE: And the stories continue … here’s the continuing saga from Chuck McLaughlin about his early days as we meander through the McLaughlin history book. See link below for the first…