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Moving Experiences

Marcia and I are moving from this house we’ve rented for the past seven years into a house (five miles away) we just bought. Miracle of miracles, the little gem came to us as if…

Mendocino County Today: September 20, 2012

TWO DEATHS of prominent citizens have cast a pall over the Anderson Valley. Bruce Longstreet passed away early Tuesday morning at his home in Philo, and Efren Mendoza died in Mexico on Friday, August 31st.…

Mendocino County Today: September 19, 2012

ROBERT PARKER, Deputy Director of Mendocino County’s Transportation Department, addressed the Supes last week on behalf of “Rediscover Freedom,” making it clear that he was speaking on his own time. (As a top County bureaucrat,…

Off The Record

ALL THE RECENT fires in Lake and Mendocino County have been fully contained, CalFire has reported. MISSING PERSONS Kathy LaMadrid and David Neily will be featured Friday afternoon (21st September) 1pm in Mendocino at the…

Valley People

TWO DEATHS of prominent citizens have cast a pall over the Anderson Valley. Bruce Longstreet passed away early Tuesday morning at his home in Philo, and Efren Mendoza died in Mexico on Friday, August 31st.…

It’s Not 1955 Anymore

A senior female paused to look at the AVA shirts we were selling, reading out loud to herself, “Fanning the Flames of Discontent.” Then she asked, “What am I supposed to be discontented with?” A…

Der Super-Porno

Spotting an acquaintance in an airport can be unsettling. Should you say hello or disappear wordlessly down the concourse? It’s especially awkward when you spot that friend lurking among the smut section in a bookstore/giftshop…

Mendocino County Today: September 18, 2012

LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (September 14th) about 10pm, Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies cruising North State Street, Ukiah, stopped a vehicle driven by Christopher Eichiner, 26, of Fortuna. Deputies made the stop “for minor traffic violations.” Eichiner…

Mendocino County Today: September 17, 2012

FALSE ARREST by Bruce Anderson Juan Orr, 26, maybe of Chico, has libeled two Albion men every which way. Not only libeled them, got them arrested and, briefly, charged with major felonies. It all started…

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