Anderson Valley

Valley People (Mar 5, 2014)

by AVA News Service

MARCH MIRACLE, take two. Last year we got a nice late rain, and this year we got another one, a real trash mover as they say in…

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A Tramp-like Bird of Prey Abroad

by Turkey Vulture

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. The “misbehaving” in the Valley over the past few weeks should probably now be…

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Mendocino County

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, March 9, 2014

by AVA News Service

THE BIG BUST last week of the Love In It Cooperative headquartered in Albion, apparently began in Colorado, according Capt. Greg…

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Let’s Play Doctor

by Bruce McEwen

Last Friday the District Attorney and one of the Judges added medical doctor to their usual job descriptions. It was pretty…

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California’s Water Pathology

by Will Parrish

Speaking at the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s once-every-other-month meeting in the north Santa Rosa burbs on January 30th,…

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Off The Record (Mar 5, 2014)

by AVA News Service

THE STATE Public Utilities Commission has rejected a $138 million initiative to bring high-speed internet to roughly 150,000 rural California households,…

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Books from the AVA





Essays

Kilroy Was There

by Malcolm Macdonald

Snow speckled Middle Street in the North End during the last week of February. Near Mr. Pemberton’s meeting house boys were pelting the dry goods shop of…

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California Water Report

by Jamie Lee

The Federal government just released their first assessment for water allocations for the coming year in California after the driest year on record since they kept records…

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Adventures In Morocco

by Louis Bedrock

The two young Americans were very lucky to have met David on the ferry between Algeciras and Tangiers. Things might have turned out much worse. David was…

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My Oscars™ Scandal

by Steve Heilig

We were ready to have a very nice party, a friend’s big brother’s 21st birthday affair in a fancy house on the cliff over the ocean, a…

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HumCo: Jail Release Dilemmas

by Daniel Mintz

A community forum on county jail release policies put questions to a local panel whose members in turn asked residents to consider what they can do to…

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Google Money

by Darwin Bond-Graham

If you google “money,” the search engine called Google, from which that verbification is derived, will tell you that there are 1.12 billion results (as of February…

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Let’s You & Him Fight

by James Howard Kunstler

So, now we are threatening to start World War Three because Russia is trying to control the chaos in a failed state on its border — a…

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Letters to the Editor

Letters (Mar 5, 2014)

The other night at about 9pm after a busy evening of diners, a fight broke out at the Buckhorn. I guess what bothers me most about this…

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NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO MEET IN OAKLAND ON SALE OF HISTORIC POST OFFICES

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will be meeting in…

NO PANCAKE BREAKFAST

at the Grange this Sunday because of the Variety Show.  Join…

MENDOCINO COUNTY APPROVED SOURCE PROGRAM (MCAS) NOW ON-LINE

Local producers of fresh raw fruits and vegetables can now register…

MONTHLY NETWORKING MEETING

Ukiah Conference Center, 200 S. School St, Ukiah Date: March 18,…

FREE HISTORICAL LECTURE

Stories to Build On: Finding the Spanish Past in Modern California…

HAZMOBILE OPEN EXTRA DAY EACH WEEK

The HazMobile household hazardous waste collection facility in Ukiah is now…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, March 8, 2014

Goodbye Joyce Murray - Wylie and Galletti to Challenge Tichinin -…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, March 7, 2014

COSTCO MOVES AHEAD. The Ukiah City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday Night,…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, March 6, 2014

WAGENET WANTS BACK IN. Former 3rd District supervisor Hal Wagenet has signed…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, March 5, 2014

ATTENTION AVA READERS. A family medical emergency has put us behind…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, March 4, 2014

JOE SCARAMELLA was 5th District supervisor from 1952 until 1970. We…

BREAKING…Tentative Agenda for KZYX Board Meeting Tonight

TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR THE MONDAY NIGHT KZYX BOARD MEETING at the…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, March 3, 2014

YOU'RE GETTING to be an old timer if you remember when…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, March 2, 2014

THE PLOT THINS: The man arrested this week for plunking down…

Valley People (Feb 26, 2014)

RESIDENT DEPUTY CRAIG WALKER alerts locals to a couple of mail…

Valley People (Feb 19, 2014)

FOR THE FIRST time since 1958, Shorty Adams is not behind…

Valley People (Feb 11, 2014)

SKY WATCHERS FROM VARIOUS areas of the County say an average…

Valley People (Feb 4, 2014)

The Moonies owned most of the place back in the early…

Valley People (Jan 29, 2014)

TIM AND MICHELLE MULLINS of Balo Vineyards, Philo, have bought the…

Valley People (Jan 22, 2014)

THE CLOSING of Laughing Dogs Books is another body blow to…

Valley People (Jan 15, 2014)

ABOUT AN HOUR of rain fell on Mendocino County Saturday morning,…

Valley People (Jan 8, 2014)

THE NEW YEAR used to be celebrated in Boonville with gunfire…

Letters (Feb 26, 2014)

Knowing the problems you have been having with the post office…

Letters (Feb 19, 2014)

I'm writing to let you know that the KZYX Board of…

Take A Look At This

This is an extraordinary letter. Squint at it. I’ve never seen…

Letters (Feb 12, 2014)

KZYX is in big trouble. At least 3 complaints to the…

Pepper Spray 101

Pepper spray and the California prison system go together like peanut…

Letters (Feb 5, 2014)

Let me warn you about a man who was pals with…

Letters (Jan 29, 2014)

This is by far the most stupid idea the Community Services…

Letters (Jan 22, 2014)

The current drought appears to have elevated the Supervisors concern regarding…

Off The Record (Feb 26, 2014)

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

Off The Record (Feb 19, 2014)

A MEETING to discuss the announcement that the College of the…

Off The Record (Feb 11, 2014)

A MEETING to discuss the announcement that the College of the…

Off The Record (Feb 4, 2014)

CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN visited Boonville High School a couple of weeks ago.…

Off The Record (Jan 28, 2014)

Will Parrish’s attorney, Omar Figueroa of Sebastopol, made the following remarks…

Off The Record (Jan 22, 2014)

IT HASN'T RAINED, really rained, since December of 2012. Now that…

Off The Record (Jan 15, 2014)

THE MENDO County Supervisors, on Tuesday (7th January), voted unanimously to…

Off The Record (Jan 8, 2014)

THE US NATIONAL WEATHER Service has posted a photo of an…