The
1976-1977 drought exposes old grape stakes on the parched lakebed
of Lake Mendocino. (Press Democrat archive photo)

The
1970s introduced American motorists to gas rationing, brought on by
oil cartel manipulation of oil supplies. (Press Democrat archive photo)

A
fire damages the historic McDonald Mansion in Santa Rosa in March
1977. The fire is the first time city firefighters use their new
truck equipped with a hose that sprays water from atop an extension.
(Press Democrat archive photo)

Members
of the Guanella Bros. Flooring fastpitch softball team, among the
Winn ingest teams in the country in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy Walt
Guanella)