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Posts published in August 2015

Off the Record (Aug 26, 2015)

ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN were kicked off the Napa Valley Wine Train on Saturday for enjoying themselves. The specific charge was that they were too loud. Accounts of the episode are flooding social media. WINE TRAIN…

Valley People (Aug 26, 2015)

COUPLA CALLERS wanted to know if 128 is closed south of Boonville to Cloverdale. Yeah, after dark it is. If you're setting out for Frisco at 8pm or later, better head east on 253 then…

Bird’s Eye View (Aug 26, 2015)

I am pleased to report that our AV volunteer firefighters who have been battling the forest fires east of here for the past month or so have finally returned safely to the Valley. Great job one and all! The gratitude of many NorCal folks could not be more fully deserved.

Quilt Exhibit and Book Signing

(Oct 2) An opening of a quilt art exhibit as well as a book signing by Ukiah historian Darline Bergere will both be featured at the First Friday evening on Oct. 2nd, from 5 to…

Baggy Pants & A Bicycle

At night the band would play paso dobles in the square. When it was time for the tuba solo, the audience became quiet and in the absolute quiet the song of the cuckoo could be…

Growers Get Ready

Local cannabis farmers received some expert advice Aug. 15 from Samantha Miller, president and chief chemist of Pure Analytics testing laboratory in Santa Rosa, and Casey O’Neill, chair of the board of the Emerald Growers Association…

NorCal’s Invasive Wine Empire

Activists objecting to the over-growth of the wine/hospitality industry in rural areas of four Northern California counties have met monthly for half a year. At their August 15 meeting in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, one of the wine industry’s epicenters, they agreed to name themselves Wine and Water Watch (WWW).

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