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Off the Record

By AVA News Service on January 5, 2011

This week: Velveeta vs. Smoked Gouda, Rhetorical overkill in SoCo, Lehan retires and much more

The Best & Worst: Mendocino County 2010!

By AVA News Service on December 30, 2010

Including: Best petticoat larcenist! Most acquitted pot grower! Most confused political campaign! And much more!

‘I’ll Take It Under Advisement’

By Bruce McEwen on December 30, 2010

There used to be the Hatfields and the McCoys. In Mendocino County there's the Petersons and the Carrs.

Humboldt County planning staff has expressed serious doubt about the North Coast Railroad Authority’s rail redevelopment goals and the chairman of the county’s Planning Commission has described the agency as “a place where old politicians…

Dining With The Pot People

By Christina Aanestad on December 23, 2010

Pot growers and sheriff deputies broke bread together in Ukiah recently at an unprecedented event: a holiday party hosted by Julia Carrera, one of Mendocino County's medical marijuana inspectors. A grower in a beanie and…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Diane Herron

By Steve Sparks on December 23, 2010

I met with Diane at her home on Estate Drive in the Boonville ‘suburbs’ and we shared some persimmon cookies and soft drinks as we sat and chatted. Diane was born in Los Angeles in…

The Train Geeks Return

By Hank Sims on December 23, 2010

You know what I just remembered? It’s nearly 2011! And do you know what that means? It means that the North Coast Railroad Authority is just a few short months away from relaunching railroad freight…