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Posts published in March 2012

You’re A Real San Franciscan If…

By AVA News Service on March 21, 2012

• You're a real San Franciscan if you oppose the SF 49ers moving to Santa Clara.

• Not bothered by naked people…A friend and I were in SOMA the same weekend as the last Folsom St. Festival. There was a group of guys near us that included a guy in short short leather shorts who was handcuffed and chained to another man's nipple. The shorts guy was also barefoot. My friend was astonished only that he was barefoot, the handcuffs and chains didn't bother her, just the idea that he was walking barefoot on the city streets.

Off The Record

By AVA News Service on March 21, 2012

FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL'S football program has been put on probation for next season by NorCal's high school sports honchos. A few of Ferndale's more oafish fans have pelted visiting teams with what the school bureaucrats…

Valley People

By AVA News Service on March 21, 2012

TWO LOCAL MEN were arrested Friday afternoon (16 March) in a raid on the Hutsell Lane, Boonville, home of Vince Ballew, 45, a long-time resident of the Anderson Valley. Also arrested was Dino Mariani, 40,…

‘Shepherds Of The Nation’

By Steve Heilig on March 21, 2012

Despite my better judgment and sometimes sensitive stomach, I caught a bit of the latest Republican candidate debate the other evening. The one benefit was that I finally figured out why an obscure old song…

The Head Ride III

By Denis Rouse on March 21, 2012

This one’s going to be a real head ride. It’s a ride in my head going on right now. No need for a boring tire pressure check or filling up at the local fossil fuel…

Farm To Farm

By Spec MacQuayde on March 21, 2012

Dramatic climate change never seemed like a debatable topic to me, having walked with bare feet on its direct effects as a child. I can peer out my windows to the west, south, and east,…

Mendocino County Today: March 20, 2012

By AVA News Service on March 19, 2012

THE SEA SHELL INN, Point Arena, is closed until further notice. At approximately 3 p.m., Friday, March 16, 2012, following two days of through inspections by a team of City Officials, Licensed Building Contractor, Structural…

Mendocino County Today: March 19, 2012

By AVA News Service on March 18, 2012

A STORY in Sunday's Chron asks, “How do you tell if someone is too stoned to drive? States that allow medical marijuana have grappled with determining impairment levels for years. And voters in Colorado and…

Mendocino County Today: March 18, 2012

By AVA News Service on March 17, 2012

JOHN HOTCHKISS WRITES: In the Mexican-American War (1846-48), 1000 Irish conscripts in General Taylor's army in Texas began to desert (because of gross discrimination),  and crossed the Rio Grand to join the Mexicans, who treated…

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