It’s a given among local law enforcement that at the time of his death, Mendo DA Norm Vroman, the accidental anarchist, was being investigated by federal authorities for marijuana and gun-related crimes. The allegations certainly…
Posts published in May 2017
Strohmeier’s car lot on North State Street had eleven cars vandalized the night of April 27th, and as Deputy Gregory Clegg was coming down North State Street from Redwood Valley to investigate the damage he passed Jared Kidd at Hensley Creek Road. Kidd is a “frequent flyer” in the Sheriff’s Booking Log, and well known to law enforcement.
JUDY ISBELL NEÉ WAGGONER has died in Palm Springs. Born and raised in Boonville, Mrs. Isbell had been in failing health for some time. She had left the Anderson Valley for Palm Springs to be…
The story out of Fresno began, "The bee industry is buzzing over the arrest of a man accused of stealing thousands of hives worth nearly $1 million from California's almond orchards in one of the…
Brian Elliott’s small, tidy Santa Rosa office is filled with mementos of his long life in public service. Perhaps most striking is the large fire chief’s helmet that he wore for decades. Indeed, no one…
Hard to believe, but one morning last week a used condom was discovered in a planter outside the AVA office in the heart of Boonville! One of the obvious suspects, the AVA’s Major Scaramella, has…
BILL ZIMMERMAN is to me what Mike Sweeney is to the editor of the AVA. Zimmerman is quoted in an op-ed in today's New York Times by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick plugging their upcoming PBS documentary on the…
Fifty years after his death, Edward Hopper's depictions of loneliness and ennui yet ache.
Jack Power;
Judy Isbell;
Memorable Traffic;
Singing Trio;
Size Doesn't Matter;
Peace Boat;
Bill Zimmerman;
Albion Bridge;
Glassless Beach;
AV High;
Murder Suspects;
Yesterday's Catch;
Humanity Dwindling;
So-called Resistance;
Tired Eyes;
DAPL Tactics;
Jesus Today;
HR 1644;
Eye Surgery;
Accordion Club;
KZYX Meeting;
Spiritual Mojo