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WILL PARRISH'S truly excellent series on the wine industry can be found in its entirety at www.theava.com. It's the first comprehensive investigation of the Northcoast's dominant enterprise (apart from marijuana, of course) from a critical…

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YES, THE AVA was delayed again last week. Our Boonville Postmistress called the mammoth Petaluma distribution center late Friday afternoon to find out why they hadn't arrived anywhere. "Oh, yes, the Boonville papers are still…

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THE FOCUS TODAY, dear reader, is on the local elec­tion results in the broader context of the great outside political world.

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This Week: The Giants win the Series, Mendo's home invasion season kicks off, McCarthyite Michele (Bachmann) comes to Ukiah and much more

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THE SAD SAGA of Captain Fathom continues. Monday morning about 8 I walked into Pic 'N Pay to buy a Chronicle. I couldn't help but notice a flashy black Mercedes out front. A sedate, prosperous-looking…

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This week: Want & Fear 2030, privatizing Mendo's mental health system, firing Point Arena's city clerk and much more.

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AGAIN, OUR PAPERS are lost. Or languishing at Petaluma's vast sorting center. Or some combination thereof. The Bay Area got its AVA's, as did Vermont and Atlanta and Philadelphia. The Northcoast didn't get their papers.…

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