Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published by “AVA News Service”

Letters To The Editor

A QUIZ FOR CHEESE-BRO Editor, "Hales Grove" Road Number one. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its abandonment, 1962. Several years ago I read a book entitled "What's the Matter with Kansas?" by Thomas Frank. It…

Mendocino County Today: March 22, 2012

IT TOOK HIS JURY only three hours to find Richard ‘Rick’ Kruse guilt of molesting a 7-year-old-girl he babysat in his home five years ago. The child is now 11. A 40-year-old woman had also…

You’re A Real San Franciscan If…

• You're a real San Franciscan if you oppose the SF 49ers moving to Santa Clara.

• Not bothered by naked people…A friend and I were in SOMA the same weekend as the last Folsom St. Festival. There was a group of guys near us that included a guy in short short leather shorts who was handcuffed and chained to another man's nipple. The shorts guy was also barefoot. My friend was astonished only that he was barefoot, the handcuffs and chains didn't bother her, just the idea that he was walking barefoot on the city streets.

Off The Record

FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL'S football program has been put on probation for next season by NorCal's high school sports honchos. A few of Ferndale's more oafish fans have pelted visiting teams with what the school bureaucrats…

Valley People

TWO LOCAL MEN were arrested Friday afternoon (16 March) in a raid on the Hutsell Lane, Boonville, home of Vince Ballew, 45, a long-time resident of the Anderson Valley. Also arrested was Dino Mariani, 40,…

Mendocino County Today: March 20, 2012

THE SEA SHELL INN, Point Arena, is closed until further notice. At approximately 3 p.m., Friday, March 16, 2012, following two days of through inspections by a team of City Officials, Licensed Building Contractor, Structural…

Mendocino County Today: March 19, 2012

A STORY in Sunday's Chron asks, “How do you tell if someone is too stoned to drive? States that allow medical marijuana have grappled with determining impairment levels for years. And voters in Colorado and…

-