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Valley People

HIS MANY PHILO friends will be sorry to hear that Robert “Bob” Johnson has died. Bob, 53, had valiantly fought the liver cancer that finally carried him off last Monday in Fort Bragg. He leaves…

Neighbors

In recent weeks, my thoughts have turned to neighbors. During our years in Anderson Valley, from the late 1950s to the late 1980s, the Newman family was — with perhaps one exception — blessed with…

Mendocino County Today: August 6, 2013

REVISITING BASSLER Dear AVA, A few months ago, I read Allman and Spark's hastily written how-to on catching a mentally ill killer, who also happened to be an excellent tracker and survivalist outwitting inner-city swat…

Mendocino County Today: August 5, 2013

ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED for August 5th, Will Parrish’s trial is now slated for Monday, September 16th at 9am at the Mendocino County Courthouse. Will is being charged with 12 counts of Unlawful Entry, two counts of…

Mendocino County Today: August 4th, 2013

DUCK AND COVER When the bomb drops, Admiral A.G. Cook, civil defense director, suggests San Franciscans lie down with the lions. The lion house at Fleishhacker Zoo is one of 59 public fallout shelters he…

Mendocino County Today: August 3, 2013

A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT. A man doing a night time owl survey for the Mendocino Land Trust near the tracks on the Willits end of the Skunk line back on May 31st heard what…

Mendocino County Today: August 2, 2013

THE LATEST FROM THE WILLITS BYPASS PROTESTS. Ripper Restrained from Destroying Hillside
 at Caltrans Bypass Site In yet another stealthy pre-dawn action, protesters against the Caltrans bypass around Willits again snuck onto the construction site,…

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