Anderson Valley

Bird’s Eye View (Sep. 20, 2017)

by Turkey Vulture

Having drank so much water and eaten so many salads for three days straight at the Fair, you can probably imagine that I’m inevitably not feeling very lively…

September 20, 2017No CommentRead More

Mendocino County

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Sep. 24, 2017

by AVA News Service

Argus 1949; Cannabis Taxes; Keegan Comments; Panthers Win; Skunk Repair; Pets!; BOS Dealings; Little Dog; They Culpa; About MCDH; Tsunami Vulnerable; Yesterday's Catch; Humane Course; Adult Intervention; Old Expressions; JP Donleavy; No Plan…

September 24, 20175 CommentsRead More

People v. Keegan

by Bruce McEwen

Prosecutor Tim Stoen’s opening statement deftly described supporting testimony that has led to the indictment of Dr. Peter Keegan, Ukiah, for…

September 20, 20172 CommentsRead More

Off the Record (Sep. 20, 2017)

by AVA News Service

ALLISON GLASSEY has resigned as director of the County Museum in Willits. A former County administrator, Glassey’s sinecure was arranged at…

September 20, 2017No CommentRead More

Essays

Another Loss For Blackbird

by David Severn

I don't think anybody would condemn the idea of giving inner city/at risk kids a glimpse of nature and/or an introduction to a rural/agrarian lifestyle. Doing such…

September 20, 20171 CommentRead More

My Kingdom For A War

by Bruce Patterson

When, immediately after taking office, our Emperor Orange Julius made it clear to the world that he, the self-described “Most Powerful Man on Earth,” was going to…

September 20, 20172 CommentsRead More

Who Is Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

by Malcolm Macdonald

Edward Albee died a year ago. He was born 88 years before in Virginia to Louise Harvey who gave him his first name. His father's identity remains…

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A Trip Downtown

by Flynn Washburne

In keeping with the current trends of health and mindfulness, I try to be careful about what I put into my body. After all, it is the…

September 20, 2017No CommentRead More

John Huston

by Manuel Vicent (translated by Louis S. Bedrock)

In the biography of a writer there is a moment in which fascination with literature unites with, even surrenders to, the mythology of cinema. When I was…

September 20, 2017No CommentRead More

Letters to the Editor

Letters (Sep. 20, 2017)

I live on the adjoining property to Maggy Hawk Vineyard (which is actually owned by Kendall Jackson) near Floodgate and they have been using propane noise cannons…

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CPR Class

[Oct 28] Come join us and learn to save a life by attending the FREE Hands-Only CPR…

Cancer Paddle/Walk

[Oct 21] Walk or paddle for cancer this October at the 18th annual Big River Walk and Paddle…

Redwood Presentation

[Oct 3] The Mendocino Land Trust, Save the Redwoods League, and California State Parks are pleased to…

Outlet Creek Field Trip

[Sep 30] The Friends of Outlet Creek (FOC) funded extensive monitoring of Outlet Creek and its tributaries…

Cannabis Job Fair

[Sep 28] Mendocino Cannabis Resource (MCR) is hosting the first ever Mendocino Cannabis Job Fair (MCJF) to…

Book Club, Ukiah

[Sep 27] Adults 21 & over are invited to join our monthly book club Wines & Spines.…

String Quartet

[Sep 24] For the First time in Ukiah the Del Sol Quartet will perform at Mendocino College,…

Philo-Greenwood Rd Closure

[Sep 18-Oct 10] The Mendocino County Department of Transportation has scheduled major repairs to a retaining wall…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Sep. 23, 2017

Mary Weaver; Home Invasion; Ed Desk; Little Dog; Ganja Permits; Fair Faces; Water Trucks; Yesterday's Catch; Woodschlock; Wonder Plot; Outlet Creek; Social Order; Puerto Rico; Moral Confusion; Backyard Garden; CPR Class; Tenderloin Life; Decolletage; Mafia…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Sep. 22, 2017

Lab Explosion; Murder Updates; Ed Desk; Little Dog; Library Responds; Love Choke; Groundwater People; Nine Years; Yesterday's Catch; Speaking Styles; No Banker; Cassava States; Waterfix Rejection; Poetry Festival; PA Meeting…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Sep. 21, 2017

Skunk Deal; Sanitation Dispute; Little Dog; Hopland Wildfire; Ed Desk; Fathom League; Prison Reading; Dear Dad; Wasted Life; Quizless; Eye Clinic; Covelo Homicide; Citizen's Arrest; Covelo Luxuries; 128 Hairpin; Keegan Boys; Judicial Process; Homeless…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2017

Dispatch Vote; Blackbird Halls; Ed Desk; Big Tree; Jelena Missing; Krassner Interview; Little Dog; Negative Energy; Piedmont Hotel; Yesterday's Catch; Ripple; Anything Goes; Burntrola; Uncle Charlie; Pampas Pull; Library Events; New GM; County Vacancies; Hateful…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Sep. 19, 2017

Glassey Resigns; Markham Quagmire; Albion Bridge; Little Dog; Gang Assault; Gooberdam; Purchase Caspar; Cannabis Hour; Yesterday's Catch; Cougar Sightings; Antietam; Working Class; Wax Flap; Killing Business; Sunset; Corporate Dealmakers; Tunnels Challenged; Eclipse; Pow!; Cheap Labor; Opposite Day; Concrete…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Sep. 18, 2017

Fair Weather; Early Autumn; Flight; Blue Ribbon; Ed Notes; KZYXing; Pillsbury Fires; Slugger; Mendocino Theatre; Little Dog; Bridge Toxins; Mountain Maples; Yesterday's Catch; Womanning; Immigration Issues; Polluted Farms; Strike Documentary; Faith; PBS Vietnam; String Quartet…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Sep. 17, 2017

Keegan Transcripts; Fair Day; Apple Bowl; Fair Photos; Ed Desk; Little Dog; Homeless Help; Pets!; Yesterday's Catch; Cancer Walk; Memories; Mural Competition; Pre Foreclosure; Psycho History; DACA Kids; Library Events; Dem Trap; Marco Radio; Climate…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Sep. 16, 2017

Political Theater; Jose Flores; Fair Photos; Alex Tsarnas; Little Dog; NaphCare Wins; BOS Agenda; Richard Sentencing; Houseboat Eric; Use Permit; Honey Explosion; Fire Updates; Master Puthuff; Yesterday's Catch; Marching Orders; Wasting Disease; Trump…

Off the Record (Sep. 13, 2017)

BOONDOGGLE ALERT! Agenda Item 4w on Tuesday’s Supe’s agenda: Approval of Agreement with Mendocino County Office of…

Off the Record (Sep. 6, 2017)

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. Fred Gardner writes: Justin B., 19, has always been a bicycle person.…

Off the Record (Aug. 30, 2017)

YOU SAY SUPE'S meetings are boring. Not the August 22 meeting, which featured both a Mendo First…

Off the Record (Aug. 23, 2017)

WAS RUFFING PUSHED or did she jump? I'm guessing the Fort Bragg City Manager was pushed then,…

Off the Record (Aug. 16, 2017)

DR. PETER KEEGAN CHARGED WITH MURDER. If you came in late, real late, a Mendocino County criminal…

Off The Record (Aug. 9, 2017)

I THOUGHT it was my very own conspiracy theory until a friend told me that he’d heard…

Off the Record (Aug. 2, 2017)

THE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER for the Superior Court in Ukiah went on strike this morning, Monday, July…

Off the Record (July 26, 2017)

IF MENDOCINO COUNTY got cut off from the rest of Trumplandia tomorrow, our survival chances would be…

Valley People (Sep. 13, 2017)

NORM CLOW WRITES: “Just saw your nice send-off for Gloria. This photo is the dedication page of…

Valley People (Sep. 6, 2017)

PICTURES of two guys in the act of committing a burglary are floating around on Facebook. The…

Valley People (Aug. 30, 2017)

THE ANDERSON VALLEY is saddened by news of the death of Gloria Ross, a native daughter of…

Valley People (Aug. 23, 2017)

THE GOOD NEWS: Tracy Anderson, Anderson Valley born and bred, has been appointed as principal at our…

Valley People (Aug. 16, 2017)

KEVIN DAVENPORT, the DA’s prosecutor, ordinarily works out of Ten Mile Court in Fort Bragg. The Clark…

Valley People (Aug. 9, 2017)

SCANNERS throughout the county crackled to life Sunday about 7pm with reports of a shooting in the…

Valley People (Aug. 2, 2017)

NO PRESSER YET from the Sheriff’s Department, but there was a large-scale pot raid in Navarro last…

Valley People (July 26, 2017)

JENNIFER AZZI, the famous Stanford and Olympic gold medal basketball player was in town last week presiding…

Letters (Sep. 13, 2017)

I am writing to defend my friend, Peter Keegan, against the rumors and hearsay that have been…

A Week in the Picaresque Life of Tone Dogg

After a few short miles we got to my truck, Sally. Sally the suburban drinks the 5…

Letters (Sep. 6, 2017)

As cannabis stumbles toward legalization in California, it seems like almost everyone's grown ganja this year. New…

Letters (Aug. 30, 2017)

Why does our county require an onerous use permit for short term rentals on shared roads, when…

Letters (Aug. 23, 2017)

I would like to share my observations and thoughts on revamping the responses of our city to…

Letters (Aug. 16, 2017)

I am very disappointed in Georgeanne Croskey's recent announcement [that she will not seek re-election when her…

Letters (Aug. 9, 2017)

Coupla weeks ago super-drunk dude crashes car at Highway 128 and Masonite Road resulting in fire. Dude…

Letters (Aug. 2, 2017)

Thank you for the placement of the 45 mph calming signs. I hope that over time they…