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County Budget Hole Estimated At $6.1 Million

One by one the chickens are coming home to roost in the county seat’s henhouse. Despite assurances from former County Executive Officer Carmel Angelo last…

My Travels With Wes: Highway 128 Landmarks

Wes Smoot, locally born and raised, at age 90 is one of the most informed Valley historians and journalistic story-tellers I know of. His article…

AVA Editor Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

Anderson Valley Advertiser Editor Bruce Anderson earned his reputation as a North Coast literary lion years ago, in part by snarling at critics of his…

Armed Robbery in Downtown Boonville

Mi Esperanza, a tidy little market at the corner of Haehl Street and Highway 128, was robbed at gunpoint Friday afternoon about two-thirty. Few details…

Off the Record (December 14, 2022)

NAPA COUNTY will make forgivable loans available to help people build accessory dwelling units — commonly called “granny flats” — with rents meeting affordability standards.…

Boonville Armed Robber Arrested In New York

During the course of this investigation, Matias Tomas Vietto was identified as being the suspect in this case. Sheriff's Detectives learned Vietto told friends that…

The Mendo Ag Commissioner Picture

Mendocino County is in a pickle, or if you don’t like that analogy choose one of your own that reflects the situation in which Ukiah…

Destination: Yosemite Valley

For each of us, there are places that beckon; places to which we return again and again. No, not the necessary ones – home, work,…

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