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‘I Could Hear Them Talking…’

Rey Reyes shot his stepson dead a year ago in Laytonville. The shooting occurred on a Wednesday night, December the 1st, 2010. Reyes' murder trial began December 4th of this year. Reyes, 51, Colin Champlin,…

It Was (Mostly) Those Women

In May 2011, if you had asked pretty much anyone in Anderson Valley why it was that the ancient redwood groves of Hendy Woods State Park had been spared the axe and sawmill fate that…

Memo Of The Week: Mendolib, Par Excellence

Hi, It was definitely stupid for me to mutter at the council meeting that the seven protest letters that we received were “not very compelling.” I absolutely own that. It was a comment that could…

Lake County To Elem Pomo: The One Percent Are Exempt

As you read these words, one of the Northern California East Bay Area's wealthiest men is getting away with an act of cultural genocide. Construction crews employed by wireless technology magnate John Nady began trenching…

Remembering Barbara Jane Marcott

Barbara Jane Marcott was granted her angel wings on November 27th 2011; she was 89. Those who knew her were touched by her sweet, gentle nature. She loved her family first and foremost and she…

Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: Eva Johnson

A couple of weeks ago, a few days after Thanksgiving, I met with long-time Valley resident Eva Johnson at the Fairgrounds in Boonville and we sat and talked in one of the rooms at that…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Unusually, let’s start off this week with our 3-Dot regular, The Old Buzzard, as he shares with us another in his insightful…

HumCo Pot Raid Challenged

An elderly Arcata resident is alleging that city police illegally raided her home when they executed a search for marijuana that was based on sketchy leads. Barbara Sage, a 64-year-old medical marijuana patient, has filed…

He’s Coming Back

A garbled story last month in the Fort Bragg Advocate informed Fort Bragg that a still young, and perhaps still dangerous, man named Tony Mitchell will soon be out of prison. The family of one…

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