The theory of “redevelopment” is that public agencies borrow money they then put to public or private purpose to increase the borrower's tax base. The tax base thus magically broadened, the public agency pays back…
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The dispatcher heard it all, the 911 murder of Jose Madrid by Glenn Hughes. It was recorded live early last New Year’s morning, and replayed in court last week during Hughes’s preliminary hearing. Even the…
MISS JACQUELINE AUDET, aka Goldilocks, writes: “Dear AVA, My name is Jacqueline Audet, not Goldilocks! Three times in a row now you have put my picture along with what seems like concern and slander against…
A young fellow named Jimmy Allen was sentenced last Friday to four years in prison for vehicular homicide. He'd plowed drunk into another vehicle, killing the woman driving it. The victim’s mother, an elderly Ms.…
KENNY ROGERS of Westport fame is scheduled to be back in Mendocino County Superior Court on Friday, May 11th. Rogers, chairman of the County's Republic Party at the time of a confused shooting alleged to…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Having a little dentist work is generally not the most pleasant of experiences but last week I had a check-up, talon polishing,…
The squirrels are starting to look a little better every year — not really because of anything they're doing differently, but in light of the economic situation at least 99% of the rest of us…
After almost two days of public input and discussion the Supervisors unanimously approved the Environmental Impact Report for Northern Aggregate’s asphalt plant and expanded gravel mining operation. A startlingly obtrusive industrial presence at the top…
Thirty years ago, in 1982, when we moved to Rays Road in Philo I started visiting the Navarro River just a short distance down the road on a regular basis. Many people did, though mostly…