In early 2005, Ukiah Developer Chris Stone imagined his Garden’s Gate development for an abandoned vineyard parcel south of Ukiah. Almost five years later, and just last week, the County and the Board of Supervisors finally got around to dealing with Stone’s costly Environmental Impact Report. Whatever you think of tract developments and their developers, [...]
After trundling around the mountain states for the better part of two weeks, I have some suggestions for what has come to be called the hospitality industry. In other words, motels and restaurants. There is no doubt that traveling today is easier than it ever has been. People bemoan big chains, but before there were [...]
by The AVA
DURING DA MEREDITH LINTOTT’S appearance last week before the Board of Supervisors, Mrs. Lintott lamented both the increase in crime and her inability, because of funding shortages, to fight it. Looked at statistically, Lintott is correct. There has been an uptick in local arrests, but a lot of those arrests are what the cops call [...]
A terrible collision on Highway 128 at Yorkville last week took the life of 16-year-old William Landrum Jr. The young man died Tuesday afternoon, September 1st shortly before 6pm when a Nissan Sentra driven by his mother Rachel Hansen, 36, of Yorkville, traveling at speeds estimated at 55mph, unaccountably crossed into the oncoming traffic lane [...]
by The AVA
PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CROWD in Navarro’s crowded history gathered Monday afternoon to hear the majorly talented Winter Brothers and Dale Gieringer sing the blues. From all accounts everyone went away happy, happy and amazed that the famous musicians had performed at, of all places, tiny Navarro. Dave Evans of the Navarro Store, event promoter, was [...]
DI-FI’S MISINFORMATION Editor, I received the following response to a letter from senator Feinstein: Dear Mr. Blankfort: Thank you for writing to express your concerns about Israel’s decision to redirect a ship [with emer gency medical supplies] heading for Gaza. I appreciate hearing from you on this topic, and welcome the opportunity to respond. As you [...]
by Daniel Mintz
Congressman Mike Thompson answered questions, dispelled myths and endured occasional outbursts in a town hall meeting on what is now the nation’s most debated issue — health care reform. In a September 2 event that saw standing-room-only conditions a half-hour before it began, Thompson told an audience of hundreds at a building in Eureka’s Redwood [...]
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. What a busy Labor Day weekend! I attended the wonderful wedding of Denise Mattei and Alan Kendall in Philo on Saturday, an event which provided the opportunity/reason/excuse for the reunion of many old friends most of whom originally arrived in the Valley [...]
by Steve Sparks
I met with Barbara Lamb a few days ago and we sat down to chat at one of the tables outside The Knitted Brow in downtown Boonville. Barbara was born in 1932 in Los Angeles, middle daughter to Frank and Marguerite Toal of German Irish descent. Frank was a Vice President at Farmer’s Insurance. “He [...]
DA Lintott told the Supervisors last week that crime was up. She didn’t mention that “disorderly conduct” arrests are also up, way up, but many of these arrests go unprosecuted because they are of the public nuisance type, not menacing in a criminal way, and there’s no point in running street drunks through the criminal [...]
