A YOUNG FAMILY was standing at the west end of the Greenwood Bridge a week ago Sunday gazing at the swollen Navarro River as it made its suddenly turbulent way to the Pacific. It occurred…
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HOW LONG has it been since we enjoyed a Homecoming football game here in the Anderson Valley, with all its attendant ceremonies of student kings and queens? Palma Toohey, coach John Toohey's mom, reminded me that the current…
REBECCA BRENDLEN is retiring after nearly four decades as multi-tasking school secretary with Anderson Valley Unified. And she's still smiling. The exhausted cliche about school secretaries is that they truly manage the schools while school…
COLIN WILSON of Yorkville, retired AV Fire Chief, writes: “We’ve been seeing a lot of PG&E contractors out here in the Yorkville area for a couple of weeks or more. Starting last week, possibly the…
ASHLEY JONES has died. The long-time resident of the Anderson Valley had moved to Alameda to be closer to family where he passed last week. A full obituary to follow. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT about a…
A RATHER STARTLING permit application has arrived at the Anderson Valley Community Services District, which asks that the Yorkville Market be converted to a “cannabis manufacturing facility.” The applicant is the Walsh family, Lisa Walsh,…
WHITE TESLA STRIKES AGAIN: Saffron Fraser writes: “OMG! It happened. 15:50 leaving from my road, a county road, onto a state highway. Where the posted speed limit is 35mph. Cool. As I crest an uphill with…
THE HOPKINS FIRE that broke out near Calpella north of Ukiah Sunday afternoon was declared “forward progress stopped” about 10pm Sunday evening and evacuation orders were reduced to warnings. Fire size was estimated at 275…
BIG CAT WARNING: “Rancho Navarro - the mountain lions are getting hungry. Our neighbor's cat’s remains were found this morning clearly remnants from a mountain lion attack. The Big Cat has been around Bald Hills…