Anderson Valley

Caught With Their Pumps Down

by David Severn

Finally some clarity. After years of scratching my head in bewilderment at the seeming ignorance, greed and hypocrisy of both the wine industry and the general public…

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Bird’s Eye View (Apr 9, 2014)

by Turkey Vulture

Is it just me or is anyone else having trouble sleeping without the comforting roar of the wineries’ frost protector fans over this past week?…

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Mendocino County

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, April 15, 2014

by AVA News Service

Lunar Eclipses; Wilkinson Murder Conviction; Ukiah Seeks Palace Receivership; Navarro Tweakers; Idiotic Political Conversations; Ukiah Youth Program Ends; Little River Elder Center Closes; Cannabis Cultivation Tips; Jacqueline Sullivan Missing; Marine…

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Off The Record (Apr 9, 2014)

by AVA News Service

AS PRINT NEWSPAPERS pass into the frenetic oblivion of the internet — the Newark Star-Ledger is the latest large-circulation paper to…

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Pardon The Interruption

by Bruce McEwen

Charles ‘Max’ Sperling of Willits was facing a number of charges last week, and that was before he picked up a…

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Trouble Sleeping? Here, Take A Re-Zone

by Mark Scaramella

Last week we reported the County’s difficulties in rezoning a minimum number of Ukiah area acres to satisfy a court-ordered settlement…

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Essays

Prison Tornadoes

by Suza Lambert Bowser

We can't see the city of Decatur from inside this prison, but at 9:30pm, we hear the city's sirens wailing in the distance, alarms that signal the…

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A Second Chance—25 Years Later

by Shepherd Bliss

A “Second Chance,” after 25 years of absence and silence, was recently offered Shepherd by Assumpta. Her email arrived from Europe to his farm. We met in…

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Underlying Problem

by Todd Walton

I walk to town most every day rather than drive my truck for the same reason I decided in 1967 to create a life for myself independent…

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Samantha

by Louis Bedrock

On Thursday, February 14th— Valentine’s Day, about three weeks after my article, “El Úndecimo Mandamiento” appeared in The Anderson Valley Advertiser, Samantha called. It was the first…

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‘He’s Not Heavy Father, He’s My Brother’

by Jim Gibbons

After digging out of the Big Snow of ’75 I checked in at the Mendocino County unemployment office in Ukiah because my six months of $31 a…

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Chunnel Of Love

by Zack Anderson

Dear Dr. Zack, Please help me settle an argument with my girlfriend. We agree that the two sure signs of life are irritability and the ability to…

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Freedom On Facebook

by Jeff Costello

“Writer’s block” – A euphemism for having nothing to say. It happens. But I was thinking about a piece on Freedom and Liberty, a couple of terms…

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Letters to the Editor

Letters (Apr 9, 2014)

It is terribly disappointing the way the trees have been butchered on the East side of Signal Ridge where it runs into Philo-Greenwood! Five or ten years…

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He Is Risen!

Community Easter “Son” Rise Service Not at sunrise, but at 8 AM There will be a Community…

Chair Auction or Auction Chairs?

Winesong 2014 Announces Honorary Auction Chairs Joseph F. Harbison, III and Patricia A. Harbison To Lead Stellar…

Saturday, April 12th at the Formerly Winter, now Spring Boonville Farmers Market

Anderson Valley Community Farm: Pasture-raised eggs, holiday pork and lamb roasts, USDA pork chops and lamb leg…

Oquawka To Host Bioneers Co-founder

Janie Rezner’s guest on Women’s Voices, KZYX, April 21, 7 pm PT will be Nina Simons, co-founder…

DRIPS: Free Workshops on Rainwater Conservation

Mendocino County Resource Conservation District and Mendocino College team up with local water experts for practical solutions…

Steven Bates Trio!

Due to popular demand and peer pressure Mendocino Stories & Music Series has added another event to…

Oops, Library Open, or One of Them But We Might Change Our Mind Again. Oh Nevermind.

The County of Mendocino is retracting the Press Release issued 4-4-14 describing the anticipated closure schedule for…

Mendocino County Mental Health Board (MHB) April 16, 2014

Mendocino County Mental Health Board (MHB) April 16, 2014 The MHB meeting will be held on Wednesday,…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, April 14, 2014

Streams Gone to Pot; Hal Ling Obit; Weekend Clinic Passes; Chron on Mendo; Who's Zooyen Who; Tulo Too Lazy; Mr Smith Goes to…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, April 13, 2014

Package Contempo; Obamas Taxed at 20%; Spring; Police Reports; Garden's Gate Revisited; Protecting Shareholder Rights…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, April 12, 2014

Domestic Violence; Love In It Waiting; Frisco Coyotes; Stay with 12; Sheep Shearing Info; Miami SVU Investigation; Forever Flinching; Meeting with God; Follow the Rules,…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, April 11, 2014

Murder Trial Stays; Bus Accident; Property Abatements; Ersatzbier; Where is Colin?; Considerate Thieves; Our New Byzantium; Annoying Math Teacher; CEO Gets Mixed Signals; Occupy's Manifesto; Here In…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, April 10, 2014

Museum Job Cuts; Ukiah's Frequent Fliers; Zelig Gets Jumped; SF Deemed Least Country; All is Truth; Bitties with Lyme; Reagan's Legacy; Big Oil Rules; Confronting…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Apr 9, 2014

Spy Rock Tumble; Judges' New Courthouse; Richardson's Third DUI; Being Republican; Four Blood Moons; Big Birthday Fire; Bancroft Book Reception; Revolution?; Fremont Book Review; Ukiah Signage; Prison…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Like Ducks to Water; Planning Department's Year in Review; Marijuana Price Index; Smart Car Tipping; Narcs Visit Doc; For Bartleby; Report from Indiana; Warren…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, April 7, 2014

Diverting the Eel; Homeless Youths Address Supes; Sheep Shearing and Raw Milk; Ringo's Medical Research; Hamm's Brewing Company; DiFi Pumping Delta Water…

Valley People (Apr 2, 2014)

I NEVER thought I’d write this sentence: “Rainbow has sparked an International incident.” The popular Boon­ville man,…

Valley People (Mar 26, 2014)

MRS. RICHARD, of the excellent Coq au Vin restaurant at Floodgate, Navarro, visited us Monday morning. Gracious…

Valley People (Mar 19, 2014)

Noting the presence of a pump and 3-inch pipe helping itself to the flow near the confluence…

Valley People (Mar 12, 2014)

HENDY WOODS plans to close its campground the weekend of May 3rd. The highly popular Boonville Beer…

Valley People (Mar 5, 2014)

MARCH MIRACLE, take two. Last year we got a nice late rain, and this year we got…

Valley People (Feb 26, 2014)

RESIDENT DEPUTY CRAIG WALKER alerts locals to a couple of mail thefts in the Philo area. Inland…

Valley People (Feb 19, 2014)

FOR THE FIRST time since 1958, Shorty Adams is not behind the wheel of a Boonville school…

Valley People (Feb 11, 2014)

SKY WATCHERS FROM VARIOUS areas of the County say an average of six inches of rain has…

Letters (Apr 2, 2014)

About four weeks ago I stopped in the County Clerk’s office in Ukiah to find out when…

Letters (Mar 26, 2014)

Just wanted to send a quick “Thank You” to the kind people at Roederer and Lazy Creek…

Letters (Mar 19, 2014)

Thank you for including a likeness of me with Mr. McEwen’s March 12th article, “The Reign of…

Letters (Mar 12, 2014)

Officer Guydan is a real POS. He arrested me on a “domestic” for arguing with an extremely…

Letters (Mar 5, 2014)

The other night at about 9pm after a busy evening of diners, a fight broke out at…

Letters (Feb 26, 2014)

Knowing the problems you have been having with the post office in recent months, I decided last…

Letters (Feb 19, 2014)

I'm writing to let you know that the KZYX Board of Directors recently drafted a “love letter”…

Take A Look At This

This is an extraordinary letter. Squint at it. I’ve never seen one like it. Consider the Board…

Off The Record (Apr 2, 2014)

THE HISTORIC Wilbur Hot Springs resort near the Lake-Colusa county line was mostly destroyed by fire Saturday…

Off The Record (Mar 26, 2014)

A PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER named Jonathan Hayes of Sacramento has filed a $100k-plus claim against Mendocino County…

Off The Record (Mar 19, 2014)

AN INFLAMMATORY STORY in a recent Chronicle begins, “San Francisco spends $165 million a year on services…

Off The Record (Mar 12, 2014)

ECO-DOPIA, GROUND ZERO, was hit on Tuesday (March 4th) by a multi-agency drug task force. “Love In…

Off The Record (Mar 5, 2014)

THE STATE Public Utilities Commission has rejected a $138 million initiative to bring high-speed internet to roughly…

Off The Record (Feb 26, 2014)

LAST WEEK, COUNTY NARCS hit four indoor grows at Brooktrails, the Willits subdivision.…

Off The Record (Feb 19, 2014)

A MEETING to discuss the announcement that the College of the Redwoods plans to close its Fort…

Off The Record (Feb 11, 2014)

A MEETING to discuss the announcement that the College of the Redwoods plans to close its Fort…