WE CAN'T SAY we weren't warned. The orange monarch is doing what he said he would do — establish America as Backwardsville. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION? Who needs it? Global Warming? No such thing, as a…
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ONE YEAR, I CELEBRATED Martin Luther King’s birthday by paying HBO $46 on a Saturday night to watch Mike Tyson knockout Francois Botha. I’d better say here that I think it’s way past time to…
JAMES M. MARMON July 4, 1954 – January 3, 2025 MIKE KALANTARIAN writes: James Marmon was quite a presence here at theava.com. From 2012 through 2024 we published 9,443 comments from him (and we must…
MENDO’S FIRST NEWBORN OF 2025 New year, newborn: Welcome the first baby of 2025 in Mendocino County. Join us in welcoming Baby Duwehni, who made his grand entrance a little after the ball dropped on…
RECOMMENDED READING: Alcatraz, the Gangster Years by David Ward with Gene Kassebaum. There are a lot of books about Alcatraz around, but this one is in a class by itself. The authors seem to be…
A MENTAL HEALTH professional describes the County's mental health effort: “Law enforcement is now and always will be the first responders when a mental health crisis goes bad. Long gone — except in the three…
WHOA! Feudin' and fussin' on the Fort Bragg City Council this week. Councilperson Tess Albin-Smith on her colleague Marcia Rafanan: “Marcia is a very nice person, she’s very friendly, but she’s definitely not a leader,…