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Posts published by “Bruce Anderson”

Murder in Boonville [2003]

They'd known each other all the way back to their home country of Mexico, and had crossed the border together a decade before. In the Anderson Valley they'd worked together in the vineyards and the…

People I Knew

The late Max Crawford’s last novel was called, “Wamba.” According to the flier announcing it … “After years away, Roy Alan Richardson has come home to western Texas to grapple with the demons that haunt…

Ostriches

“Is this that political-type paper,” a tentative female voice asked when I picked up the phone. I suppose, I answered, forever not knowing what might come next. “Oh. Hi! I am Zaya. I saw an…

After More Than 70 Years: The Last AVA Print Edition

A READER ASKED, “Are you sad the print ava is over?” More resigned and nostalgic than sad when I think of the crucial people who truly got it done every week all these years, which excludes…

Justice Court Adventures

Not long before the Anderson Valley Justice Court was folded into the County Courthouse, Ukiah, a young man charged with driving on a suspended license asked to have his case postponed until the courtroom had…

MSA

MSA is short for “moving stuff around.” MSA goes way back in my family. I’ve been MSA-ing for 50 years because my annual income has never hit $30,000. An MSA-er moves stuff him or herself…

When The Justice Department Visited Boonville [May 2001]

Tony Serra and Erica Etelson are out as attorneys for the Bari Cult's pending federal case, scheduled to begin the first week of October. Dennis Cunningham is back as lead attorney. Cunningham and the late…

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