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From the Archive: Crime Of The Week 10/9/1985

CAMP raiding parties seized 63 marijuana plants from the Maple Basin area of Philo last Wednesday. The plants were discovered in three separate gardens and a number were reported to be twenty feet tall. Philo…

From the Archive: Editor’s Desk 10/9/1985

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…

From the Archive: Letter 10/9/1985

WANDA THINKS GLOBAL Dear Mr. Anderson: RE.: The world news story of Oct. 1 about a bombing of Tunisia by Israeli jets, called “A criminal action” by Arab states, and “illegal” by the U.S.A. government:…

From the Archive: Editor’s Desk 10/2/1985

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.…

From the Archive: Impressions, Boonville Fair [September 25, 1985]

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…

This Is San Francisco (1951)

A thousand miles of trolley wires, five thousand miles of telephone cables, ten thousand miles of neon tubing, four hundred thousand telephones, eight hundred thousand people — and a million and one pieces in a…

Feds Indict Napa Wine Scammer

A young Napa Valley winemaker named Jeffry James Hill was indicted, arrested and charged with fraud on Thursday by federal authorities. The fraud involved mislabeling cheap grapes and wine as pricey Napa Valley wine. Hill…

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