TRYING TO ENJOY A PEACEFUL HIKE up the Manchester Road the other evening, I was accosted by the leader of the Manchester Road Freedom Fighters. The Manchester Road Freedom Fighters are committed to freedom of…
Posts published by “Bruce Anderson”
I GREW UP a hundred miles south of here, or at least I got bigger, agreeing at least partially with the feminists who maintain that American men never really grow up but remain forever boys.…
Officially called the Mendocino County Fair, most of the effort is committed by Anderson Valley people. The Redwood Empire Fair, held annually in Ukiah, is more representative of the County, having moved from being merely…
Juan Orr, 26, probably of Chico, has libeled two Albion men every which way. Not only libeled them, but got them arrested, thrown in jail and, briefly, charged with major felonies. It all started when…
Boonville made history simply by showing up at Kezar Stadium on that Saturday night of October 29, 2011. Stuart Hall School made half that history but they may have wished they hadn’t shown up. The…
The Giants of 2010 fixated my feeble attentions to the point of mesmerization. As a kid, I saw lots of ball games at the old Seal's Stadium at 16th and Potrero. I remember the time…
The history of Mendocino County is told in fits and starts, in family memoirs, old timer interviews and in whispered references to long-ago scandals only hinted at by the newspapers of the time. “The Nelson…
One night, Rodney Cole, age 71, was going about his custodial duties at Coast Hospital, Fort Bragg, when he felt someone watching him. He looked around and saw his idle workmate, a young man of…