THIS SILENT CATASTROPHE is moving faster than the reports of its already dire consequences. In the Anderson Valley, people are self-isolating, meaning that citizens are heeding medical advice that social distancing is the best way…
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THE WAY it seems to be working out, we're the beneficiaries of a kind of cordon sanitaire that has so far kept the plague to the south of Mendocino County. The virus is centered, as…
THE BOONVILLE SCHOOLS are closed as of Monday morning. The Center for Disease Control announced Monday morning that closures of all kinds should plan to be down for at least 8 weeks. Business is off…
The wild ponies of Robinson Creek have reappeared on the Ukiah end of Highway 253
EARL JAY ‘PETE’ PETERMAN died Thursday February 6, 2020 in Ukiah at the age of 93. Born on May 16, 1926 in Pennsylvania to Hazel Constant and Edward Peterman, Earl called Mendocino County his home…
A BOONVILLE READER ASKS, “The new winery off Deer Meadow burned multiple piles of brush yesterday (Thursday) each of which was the size of a small house. They fouled the air in the entire valley.…
SIX FAMILIES — 25 persons — were displaced by the Lodge Fires of Thursday, December 5th. Twenty-five Boonters out of our population of about 1,000 people is 2.5% of our population. In relative terms, if…
SEASHA ROSE WRITES: “I’m not sure if any of you remember Ryan. He moved to the valley when he was in 8th grade and graduated from AV High. He lived with his mom and step…
THINGS I LIKE include the impressionistic paintings of local landmarks by Saffron Fraser.