THE SANTA ROSA PRESS DEMOCRAT finally got around to mentioning the Brooktrails real estate/County tax hole issue last Friday, only about nine months after the problem surfaced. AVA readers began reading about the problem last…
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“CALIFORNIA will close its projected $15.7 billion budget deficit by restructuring the state's welfare program, streamlining health insurance for low-income children, and reducing child care coverage and college aid, as part of a deal Gov.…
FOOTNOTE to the discussion about Sheriff Allman’s recent request and approval to allow Studio Lambert to film a reality series with the Sheriff’s marijuana eradicators. Former Third Party Inspector for Mendo’s now dormant pot permit…
NO RAISED HALF-FREEWAY Editor, I enthusiastically support the lawsuit against Caltrans, et.al. Here is why. I will borrow a description of Caltrans [paraphrased] that I heard recently. “There are two Caltrans. One is the 'Local'…
THERE'S ALWAYS the local angle: Anderson Valley's very own Eric Labowitz was the presiding judge at the arraignment of Paul Seeman, the Berkeley judge who has shuffled a lot of Occupy protesters into Alameda County…
GOOD FOR ALICE WALKER, the famous novelist and author of The Color Purple and numerous other books. Ms. Walker, a part-time resident of the Anderson Valley, Mendocino County's most happening community, has refused a Hebrew…
“VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to appear in the independent film, Goodbye World,” the ad reads in this week's paper, and we wonder who will respond to the specific requests for “tough bikers” and “hippie farmers.” Used to…
I’ve spent the last year schlepping the film from Liverpool to Amsterdam, from Bruges to Istanbul, and from Trivandrum City in India to the glittering emptiness of paparazzi flash bulbs in Cannes. But that’s nothing compared to driving to Point Arena from Boonville on a hot day in June.
Unattended birds usually don't ride the bus, but they got on the 33 that day. Muni's 33 Stanyan line gets you a better look, faster, at The City than all the tour lines put together.…