The story of Brutocao Family wine fortune — available on their website — follows the classic early immigrant trajectory of struggle over multiple generations until at long last the good life is finally achieved. But…
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The Mental Health Board of Mendocino County held a special meeting on May 7th to hear additional information regarding Laura's Law (Assembly Bill 1421) and its possible implementation in Mendocino County. Laura's Law, modeled on…
READING THE CANDIDATE STATEMENTS in the sample ballot for the June 3rd election is a dispiriting experience. The “liberal” candidates are slick enough to stick to bland vacuities about “working hard to make a difference,”…
When Anderson Valley resident Wendy Read called a public meeting to rally sleep-deprived opponents of frost fans in the vineyards, she may not have expected that more than half of the 50 attendees would be…
Although I now reside in a lower portion of California that many hill muffins would immediately dismiss as “the hell hole,” my affinity for the wines of Anderson Valley is stronger than ever. I sadly…
Sleepless people are unhappy people, and there are lots of sleepless, unhappy people in the Anderson Valley these days. Many of Anderson Valley's grape growers, large and small, have installed giant propellers that raise vineyard…
Let me begin by informing you of some phone numbers that may well play small but significant parts in our lives over the next year or so. First, here is the number to call if you wish to express comments or make complaints about the noise pollution from the frost protection fans that many, but not all, of our local wineries have been guilty of causing in recent times. 901-7441.