I last saw him in person a year ago in San Francisco. He looked thin and drawn but, as always, he was in good spirits. I'd been on long hikes with Cockburn where he walked…
Posts published in August 2012
MR. ED SANDER clarifies State Parks' plan to remove the old haul road south of Ten Mile River, Fort Bragg. Editor, Since the State got all worked up about the “fraudulent letter” bit I thought…
CORRECTION: In the AVA of July 18th, civil court bailiff Marty McCue was confused with an unruly spectator. We regret the error, which was committed during the editing process, and not by the writer of…
GORE VIDAL has died at age 86. He was a populist in the old sense of the term, in that he always tried to represent what he saw as the best interests of ordinary people.…
HIGHWAY ONE north of Fort Bragg was closed Tuesday for a photo shoot for an Audi car ad. Burrito Productions of El Segundo clicked away from 1 to 9pm Tuesday south of San Juan Creek…
THE SUPERINTENDENT’S PROTOCOL To ICO Reporter Chris McManus: It is unfortunate you didn't attend the board meeting in Manchester in May for my interview process. So, I will give you a brief summary of what…
Quicker fellows than me at the AVA noted online in the July 14th “Mendocino County Today” (“Mendocino County Today” appears in the AVA’s print version as “Off The Record”) that the comment section of the…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. A significant event this coming weekend in the Valley is the celebration of Paul Titus’s 90th Birthday. Paul informed me that he…