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The Bad News Keeps on Coming

Last week we reported that this County's once thriving timber industry had collapsed. This week, we find that the County’s beleaguered hospitality business was struggling too. At the June 23rd Board of Supervisors meeting, the…

Opposition to Marine Plan Expands

Government agencies throughout the North Coast are against a controversial plan to create marine reserves and the county’s Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District will try to unite the region’s opposition forces into one group. Implementation…

KZYX Circles the Wagons. Again.

Recently canned KZYX&Z reporter Christina Aanestad has the undying love of the station's membership, as represented by the dozens of ticked off supporters who corralled themselves into Monday night's excruciating bi-monthly meeting of the station's…

A Very Special Where Are They Now?

 Two sisters who are graduates of Anderson Valley High School- Isidora (Dora) and Claudia Jimenez have come a long way. This summer I encountered both of them working for Jose Delgado in Migrant Education through…

Fishermen Urged To Accept MLPA Process

The implementers of the state’s controversial Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) told a suspicious audience at Eureka’s Wharfinger Building that influence can be exerted through participation in a uniquely inclusive public process. That message, delivered…

When Love Freezes Over

Remember when motherhood was sacred? When it was simply unthinkable that Mom's underwear could possibly be Exhibit A in open court? No more. There it was, Mom's undergarment. Not the unmentionable itself, but a photograph…

Lives & Times of Valley Folk: Ernie Pardini

I met with Ernie Pardini at The Boonville Lodge on a recent Friday afternoon. I had planned to interview both Ernie and his brother Tony at the same time but Tony had to work at…

The Trial of Glenn Sunkett

Dusty Miller and Matt Graves had just eaten dinner on the evening of July 10, 2008, when everything went wrong. Miller and Graves were on one of their first dates at a mutual friend’s house…

Lives & Times of Valley Folk: Barbara Goodell

I met with Barbara at her home on Lambert Lane and, with a bowl of cherries, some smoked albacore jerky, and a delicious glass of lemonade, we sat down on the deck to chat. Barbara…

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