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Valley People

ART HATCHER of AV Ambulance sent in the following: “The County of Mendocino is evaluating the feasibility of an Exclusive Operating Area (EOA) for ambulance services. The County's stated goals for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)…

Anderson Valley Artists & Friends

Anderson Valley is not only full of vineyards and wineries, it’s also home to a potpourri of artists. Diverse in subject matter and media, many, though not all, have been opening their studios to the…

Mendocino County Today: April 9, 2013

AS OF MONDAY afternoon, a woman identified so far only as “Owl,” has commenced a Willits Bypass tree sit. ======================================================== A LOCAL READER WRITES: I was up in Boonville this weekend. I had to go…

Mendocino County Today: April 8, 2013

THE PD PUBLISHED a puffaroo Sunday about how to attend Giants games without taking out a mortgage to fund a day at the ballpark. Probably the best thing you can do is ingratiate yourself with…

Mendocino County Today: April 7, 2013

THE NORTHCOAST'S new congressman, Jared 'Spike' Huffman, told the Press Democrat that he's raised $80,000 in re-election dough only months into his first term. Huffman, once an All-American volleyball player, said he'll need to raise…

Mendocino County Today: April 6, 2013

THE QUESTION was prompted by the frequent catch-and-release arrests of a Navarro man: “If the County Jail has empty beds, how come the judges don't keep this guy in for a while?” THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL…

Mendocino County Today: April 5, 2013

A MILDLY FRAUGHT Wednesday in San Francisco began with a dead man and a bomb scare. I'd just footed it out to Baker Beach and was truckin' home along Lake when I couldn't help but…

Mendocino County Today: April 4, 2013

THIS PARAGRAPH from the Wednesday edition of the Press Democrat manages to misstate the case: “The Willits protest, in comparison, is much more tightly focused. Environmentalists contend the 6-mile Highway 101 bypass around Willits will…

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