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Off the Record (May 10, 2024)

THE CAMPUS DEMONSTRATIONS seem harmless from here, the International Desk at the Anderson Valley Advertiser. Other than a few scuffles, there hasn't been any real violence. Some Jewish students feel threatened, while many other Jewish…

Off the Record (May 3, 2024)

A READER WRITES: I mourn the end of your newspaper in my life, but I also rejoice at its presence in my life for the more than 40 years I lived in Anderson Valley with…

Off the Record (April 26, 2024)

LAST MONDAY MORNING'S DEMONSTRATIONS for Palestine snarling the entire Bay Area's traffic don't seem to me a defensible tactic given the likely lethal consequences that could result from blocking people from getting to where they…

Off the Record (April 19, 2024)

A READER COMMENTS: “It gets down to this, elections are important.” “LAZARUS” (of Willits) responds: Your observations are all too common throughout the county, State, and Country. Once, political offices were held by people who…

Off the Record (April 12, 2024)

KATE COLEMAN “…She made a new set of antagonists in 2005 with her book “The Secret Wars of Judi Bari: A Car Bomb, the Fight for the Redwoods, and the End of Earth First!” Judi…

Off the Record (April 4, 2024)

YOU KNOW how to tell a Boonville guy? By his moral clarity. Hence Ukiah City Council member Juan Orozco's vote, as a second in support of Ukiah mayor Susan Sher, that the Council should come…

Off the Record (March 29, 2024)

TIP OF THE DAY Re: Known local couple arrested for child cruelty. A READER WRITES: Writing this as a tip towards an emerging story that I know is the tip of the iceberg. Hopefully if…

Off the Record (March 24, 2024)

NO SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE CHANGES with the County Election Team’s latest update. Mulheren’s small percentage lead over Ukiah challenger Jacob Brown in the Second District Supervisors Race increased to 52-48%. Mulheren has 1,287 to Brown’s 1,191…

Off the Record (March 16, 2024)

CORRECTION: Of course, Alan Crow writing from Vacaville prison in last week’s paper DID NOT SAY “kill her,” in his letter about Kelli Johnson’s arrest. He said, “Nonetheless, good luck to her. May she find…

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