by The AVA
Bradford E. English, 62, of Ukiah passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at his home with his family present. Bradford was born November 1, 1949 in Woodland, California. He had lived in Mendocino County for the last 42 years. Bradford worked as a Millwright. He was proud of being a dad. He enjoyed women [...]
by The AVA
5pm, Friday, January 27th – Opening Night Reception — Screenings: 6pm – 11pm 6pm Worst in Show (2010) – 59 min Every summer, proud dog owners bring their canine companions to Petaluma, California, to compete for a highly coveted title. No, this isn’t your standard ‘Best in Show’ championship; this is the contest for the [...]
by The AVA
Barbara Jane Marcott was granted her angel wings on November 27th 2011; she was 89. Those who knew her were touched by her sweet, gentle nature. She loved her family first and foremost and she loved her years in the theatre with her husband of 64 years, Leo. Born in Portland, Oregon, on May 24, [...]
by Bruce McEwen
Sergeant Manuel Mendoza-Valencia enjoyed a big welcome home and birthday party at the Apple Hall last Saturday. It has been six years since the young Boonville man was severely injured in Iraq by a roadside bomb blast that blew apart his armored personnel carrier and cost Sgt. Mendoza his legs. But Sergeant Mendoza, clearly a [...]
John Ross, late of Mexico City and the world, was kind to me once. There’ve been many a John Ross, from Cherokee chief to Arctic explorer. The name has done good service. The John Ross I briefly knew and long admired was the prolific journalist and unruly character with Beat instincts and the sad and [...]
by The AVA
8/13 7:59pm A Philo family dispute required the mediation services of law enforcement. 8/16 9:42am An unidentified 46-year old man piloting a white 2001 Dodge Van was arrested, cited and released for driving on a suspended license. 8/16 12:58pm A verbal dispute between a landlord and some tenants caused neighbors to think a fight was [...]
You can be seven feet tall and known all over town, but if you die alone and nobody pays the San Francisco newspaper for an obituary even your mother won’t know that you’re gone. It took almost three weeks for the news of the death of Charles Davis to get back to his mother, and [...]
by The AVA
Tom Smith died late Monday afternoon at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa from the multiple injuries he’d suffered the previous Thursday in a collision on Highway 128. His passing has shocked the Anderson Valley. He had been expected to survive. The popular Valley resident was headed to his home on Gschwend Road, Navarro, about 7:30 [...]
by The AVA
Ronald Lee Guenther passed away on January 22, 2010 at home with his family by his side.
Friends of the Boonville Lodge and the Anderson Valley community at large: It is with much disappointment, sadness and regret that Carroll Pratt and I, as owners of The Boonville Lodge, have been put into the position of having to inform the many people who have supported us over the past three years, along with [...]
