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Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I am indebted to Pat Hulbert who informs me that her father’s cousin, Yorkville’s Austin Hulbert, was born in April 1917 thus…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Betsy Taylor

I met with Betsy at her home on Vista Ranch behind the Breggo Cellars Winery a week or so ago and we sat down to talk. She was born in 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in…

Rough Notes & Random Thoughts

It was unintentional, but I’m happy to have taken the summer off from writing my blog for theAVA.com. I know some of you feel the same but that’s not the point. It was a period…

Mendo’s Biggest Wine Country Corporations

“We have chosen as our first topic of discussion the reality of the business — cash. Everything we do eventually finds its way back to this common denominator. That is, cash in and cash out.…

Taking It To The Streets

Local judges are all getting a paid holiday for Labor Day, but the clerks and court reporters are not.

Off the Record

This Week: Lisa's sulcatas, Measure C, privatizing Mendo's trash and much more...

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