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Little River Man Found Guilty

Court documents reveal that LeValley conspired with Roland Raymond to embezzle the funds through a complex scheme of fake and inflated invoices and payments for spotted owl surveys that LeValley and his organization never performed.

Getting Water Wise in HumCo

Last summer, we saw some dramatic incidents of water theft in Weott and Bridgeville and some ugly busts featuring unsavory water use practices. Granted, the water thefts may have had nothing to do with marijuana cultivation, but community members did…

Take A Look At This

This is an extraordinary letter. Squint at it. I've never seen one like it. Consider the Board of Directors, at the bottom. These are the directors of a controversial and floundering radio station. The skimpy…

Defense Of Necessity

As you have read elsewhere in the AVA, the Mendocino County District Attorney's office and I agreed to a settlement recently. I was represented in these negotiations by my attorney, Omar Figueroa of Sebastopol, who…

The Consummate Wine Man

John Parducci, the legendary Mendocino winemaker, died on February 4th at age 96. In a real sense, he was the name and face of Mendocino wine in the modern era, laying much of the groundwork…

Unfulfilled Pleas

Woe be unto the weary minded who live on the Mendocino Coast and need mental health care help. When Ortner took over adult mental health services last summer and made it be known that its coastal subcontract would go to those who run Hospitality House in Fort Bragg

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