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Valley People (Jan 28, 2015)

by AVA News Service

PASTOR RON PENROSE has died in Willits. Old timers will remember Ron and his family from the 1970s when Ron pastored the Assembly of God Church here…

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Highway 128: AV’s Main Street

by Marshall Newman

One-Twenty-Eight. The highway. That $%&(@! road. However one refers to California State Highway 128, it is Anderson Valley’s main street and its main portal to the outside…

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Bird’s Eye View (Jan 28, 2015)

by Turkey Vulture

To begin this week let’s hear from our 3-Dot regular, The Old Buzzard, with another in his insightful series. “Signs that the Apocalypse is Approaching.” …

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Mendocino County

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Jan 31, 2015

by AVA News Service

LEE HOWARD’S January 20 request that the Board of Supervisors streamline their Public Records Act response policy so that ordinary requests…

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A Simple Lot Split

by Mark Scaramella

You might think that an ordinary lot split proposal in Yorkville wouldn't require too much in the way of furrowed brows…

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Whippits & Highway Death

by Bruce McEwen

When a courthouse hack complains of a slow news week, it doesn’t mean nothing important happened. What it means is that…

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Off the Record (Jan 28, 2015)

by AVA News Service

THE WILLITS BYPASS is already falling down. The collapse last Thursday (22 January) of a section of the framing for the…

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Over 114 Post Offices

by Katy Tahja

Research Rapture? It’s what happens when a history mystery is handed to your historian correspondent and time and resources allow hours…

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Finding Orlando

by Malcolm Macdonald

Marking the beginning of a new year on January first is a foolish thing. January is a cold, wet month filled with gloomy skies. Check the obituary…

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The Stony Lonesome: Happy New Year!

by Flynn Washburne

She moved as if she were visiting from a planet with a less dense and restrictive atmosphere; gravity seemed to affect her less and air could not…

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Mendocino Talking: Terry d’Selkie

by Dave Smith

(Terry started out in Utah, became a teacher, then moved to California and then to Mendocino County where she has been involved in school gardens, harvesting seaweed,…

January 28, 2015No CommentRead More

My Two Jobs

by Jeff Costello

Unionville, Connecticut was the other side of the tracks - the sleazy, working-class end of Farmington, so disreputable it had to have a different name, lest Farmington…

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Ducks or Beavers?

by Bruce Patterson

So which is Oregon’s Official State Animal? Is it the duck or the beaver? Considering how no professional gambler has ever made a living betting with the…

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Change The Name!

by William J. Hughes

I saw grizzlies in Yellowstone in October. About as close as you can come to going back to native worship. I stopped again at Little Bighorn on…

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Letters to the Editor

Letters (Jan 28, 2015)

To all those know me (Big 'B'), I am sad to say I won't be returning to Mendocino County after my stay here in the California Department…

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Caltrans-isthenics!

In response to last week’s tragedy, CalTrans spokesman Hank Hackysack III announced a new, mandatory program for…

Piano Magic? In Ukiah?

The Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer, featuring Jason Coleman to Perform in Ukiah, Calif. on February 15,…

Get Reddae 4 Reggae!

Epiphany Artists is excited to announce the addition of 16 roots reggae artists to the list of…

Mid-Winter at the Botannical Gardens

Following weeks of steady rain in December, we're currently enjoying mild winter days here on the Mendocino…

Stone Zone Outdoor Studio Tour & Open House

The 7th Annual Gathering & Build of International Stone Foundation members is January 24, 2015 outside of…

Introducing: ME!

Monthly Networking Meeting Ukiah Valley Conference Center, 200 S. School St, Ukiah Date: January 20, 2015 12:00…

Calling Public Artists

"Call for Artists" for the 2015-2016 Sculpture Trail, a year-round outdoor exhibit of sculptures in the Northern…

Mendocino County Mock Trial Competition

January 31 & February 7, 2015 UKIAH, CA - Six local high school teams will compete in…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Jan 30, 2015

Hare Creek Vote; Arik's Verdict; Collapse News; Mayoral Reasons; Ukiah's Telescope; Legal Grease; Catch of the Day; Drought Outlook; American Pie; Austerity; Simpson University; Mocking Marshawn; Foodshed News; Police Reports; Tribal…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Jan 29, 2015

KZYX Elections; Catch of the Day; Raven Earlygrow; Mental Health Court; Nostalgia on Steroids; Crazy Driving; Offshore Quake; FB Coast Trail; Remembering Treefrog; Museum Exhibits; CalFire Graduates; Hotel…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015

Helping Professionals; GJ Denouncing; Ochoa Fundraiser; Anarchy's Team; Vineyard Sale; Drug Perception; Phone Staring; Falsework Construction; Bourgeoisie Crimes; Berlin Wall; Postal Service; Laughing Lady; McFarm Job; Trickledown Explained; KZYX Insiders; NCRA Case; Catch…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015

Selective Justice; Searching for Keisel; Bypass Cleanup; Dabbable Bubble; Antisocial Network; Meth & KZYX; Catch of the Day; Greek Enlightenment; No Snow; Trickledown; Shamanic Journey; Variety Show; Radzin's Book; Duct-taping; Anti-Corruption…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Jan 26, 2015

KZYX Corrupt; Dull Radio; CalTrans Logo; Lot-split Request; Anticipating Legalization; Manbeater Epidemic; Cashfire; Belle Starr; Subdivision Prohibition; Neighborhood Gentrification; Permaculture Fair; Old POs; Catch of the Day; AVHC Website; Republican Congress; All…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Jan 25, 2015

Monument to Stupidity; Lies & Deception; CalTrans Culture; Hippie Woo-woo; Palace Parking; Ronald Schryer; Rich Thieves; Catch of the Day; HumCo Tourism; Walking; Ernie Banks; Two Dicks; Regulatory Burdens; Central…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Jan 24, 2015

CalTrans Engineering; Mendocino Manhunt; Kristin Goes to Europe; Selma, the Movie; Officer Awards; Legal Bill; Home Invasion; Catch of the Day; Legalization Blues; Transcendental Blues; Hare Creek…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Jan 23, 2015

Bypass Collapse; Caltrans Contamination; Catch of the Day; Kristin's Foreign Adventure; Public Records; Lintott Loses Again; Rural Internet; Sniper Gump; Short Pants; Cat Sale; Postmodern Mirror…

Off the Record (Jan 21, 2015)

THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL, Lindy Peters dissenting, has voted 3-1 to allow the sale of the…

Off the Record (Jan 14, 2014)

THE FOLLOWING is an Instagram message sent by a Mendocino High School student to a Boonville high…

Off the Record (Jan 7, 2015)

THE NEW UKIAH CITY COUNCIL, according to the Ukiah Daily Journal, is going for $15,000 worth of…

Off the Record (Dec 30, 2014)

WHAT WOULD VERN have done? The Fort Bragg basketball tourney is named after the late Vern Piver…

Off the Record (Dec 23, 2014)

WE DOVE DEEP the other afternoon in an impromptu office discussion about torture. A friend said she…

Off the Record (Dec 17, 2014)

RUMOR OF THE WEEK: The Coast branch of the CHP maintains a "little red binder" in which…

Off the Record (Dec 10, 2014)

THE DEADLINE for grape growers to submit self-drafted water management plans is February 1st. The State Water…

Off the Record (Dec 3, 2014)

PAUL LAMBERT WRITES: "I will repeat my retraction of my previous statements at the beginning of the…

Valley People (Jan 21, 2015)

MIKE KALANTARIAN sends along this ominous photo of the Navarro, already closed at the mouth. Last year,…

Valley People (Jan 14, 2014)

SHIRLEY HULBERT of Boonville's Stow-It Storage, apologizes to her many customers who have tried to call her.…

Valley People (Jan 7, 2015)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The beautifully remodeled and just re-opened Yorkville Market, managed by a most delightful young woman…

Valley People (Dec 30, 2014)

RON SCHRYER has died. A long time resident of the Anderson Valley, Ron, in his middle 70s,…

Valley People (Dec 23, 2014)

JESSICA TROMBLEY “and her son John Doe (infant),” have filed a damages claim against the County for…

Valley People (Dec 17, 2014)

BIG CHANGES at Anderson Valley Unified. Michelle Hutchins has been appointed Superintendent/principal, JR Collins is retiring, Donna…

Valley People (Dec 10, 2014)

AN OLD FASHIONED TRASH MOVER will hit the Anderson Valley on Wednesday afternoon. Rain fall is expected…

Valley People (Dec 3, 2014)

THAT'S a very nice restoration of the long-closed Yorkville Market, and good luck to the new proprietors…

Letters (Jan 21, 2015)

About 18 months ago, I was present in Ten Mile Courtroom when Judge Brennan presided in a…

Letters (Jan 14, 2014)

Mental Health Privatization has failed us. The for-profit Ortner rakes in millions of State and Federal Mental…

Letters (Jan 7, 2015)

Now that the voting has been finalized, it's time to congratulate the three candidates that won seats…

Letters (Dec 30, 2014)

I am writing you to request contact information on the group of soccer players who witnessed Dan…

Letters (Dec 23, 2014)

Growing up in a small community like Ukiah there was always one particular building that stood out…

Welcome To California, Mr. Caldwell

I guess my first mistake was visiting California. I mean, who in their right mind would visit…

Letters (Dec 17, 2014)

Free To Live Or Die: That's my idea of a slogan for Hospice of Ukiah. I have…

Letters (Dec 10, 2014)

I'm writing today from my own little slice of hell, from the belly of the beast, from…