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Letters to the Editor

BUSTS GONE NOWHERE Editor: Based on the anonymous inquiries that I've received challenging the assertions made in my May 12 AVA letter to the editor, I submit the following for the record: The thrust of…

Off the Record

This week: Dennis Boaz takes on four Mendo County superintendents who accused him of racism; 20-20 on Aaron Vargas; more porn talk concerning county officials; Comptche Catholics; and much more.

Valley People

TOM SMITH, Boonville soccer coach, after whom the high school's soccer pitch is named, was at the beach in Thailand in 2004 when the largest tsunami in human history roared ashore. Tom Smith survived it.…

Election Picks

The AVA guide to the June 8 primary.

Valley People

LEE REYNOLDS was found dead last week in her room at the Brookside Convalescent Hospital, Ukiah. Lee was a pioneer property owner at the Holmes Ranch and well known inside and outside the Ander­son Valley…

Off the Record

This week: Two 18 year-olds arrested for rape; two county workers fired for swapping porn; National Drug Court Month; and much more.

Letters to the Editor

LOOK ALIKES Dear Bruce aka Boss Man: This is the 58-year-old Napa guy who “grew up in Fort Bragg.” I'm a responding to Dennis “The Men­ace” Day. Also to Turkey Vulture: we called them buzzards…

Valley People

LAST THURSDAY morning, May 6th, an Obama-size motorcade, reinforced by a hovering helicopter, passed through Boonville on its way to 3500 Little Mill Creek Road, Philo, the home of Thomas Plowright III, 42, of San…

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