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Posts published in November 2024

Mendocino County Today: Sunday 11/10/2024

Rain Tonight | Cloudscape | Director Gaska | Top Cooks | Haschak Report | Pet Bernard | AV Events | Opening Weekend | Ed Notes | Boonville 1972 | Motorcar | Yesterday's Catch | Despair | Victory Convoy | Stupid Tech | Pendulum Swing | Church Ballots | Devil Girl | Great Start | Marco Radio | Bosa Fined | Greedy Psychopaths | Chomsky Truths | Neanderthals | Voter Rules | Lead Stories | Working Class | Buds | She Couldn't | Financial Times | Woke Broke | Hitching | Harris Campaign | Drive-Through | This Is Water | Long List

Valley People 11/10/2024

WE WERE SADDENED TO HEAR of the October 20 death of Fred Sternkopf, aka ‘Dr. Doo,’ of Mendocino and Caspar, whose lively cartoons graced the pages of the print edition of the AVA for decades.…

A Short History Of Early Mendocino County

Feliz Creek at Hopland is a parched summertime expanse of dry streambed barely discernible as a water course. Only when it comes alive in the winter as it runs off from its headwaters in the…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 11/9/2024

Wet Ahead | Craft Fair | Cubbison Case | Local Events | Ballots Update | Crow | Wildcats Escape | Pomo Restoration | Honoring Veterans | Armistice Day | Monday Transport | Observatory Avenue | Willits Theater | Witter Springs | Ed Notes | Redwood Drive-In | Yesterday's Catch | Off Grid | Wandering | Artsy Fartsy | Marco Radio | Keep Calm | New Right | Underground Press | Fine Artists | Talk Radio | Running Shoes | Big Oil | Freuds | Don't Listen | Organized Money | Probably Not | Gas Up | Grieving Friends | One Wish | Billie Holiday | Dem Blowhards | Ignorance Better | Aborted | New Book | In DC | Your Words | Trump/Obama | Lead Stories | A Joke | Tooth-Fairy Politics | Burlap Pillow

Accomplishment Propaganda

A presentation for next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting is entitled “Department Accomplishments.” The presentation gets off to a stumbling start as the first department listed is Assessor – Clerk/Recorder – Registrar Of Voters whose…

Announcements 11/9/2024

EDDIE VEDOLLA JR Eddie Vedolla, Jr. a descendent of Guidiville and a member of the Yurok Tribe, passed away in Ukiah, CA on October 25, 2024 at age 49. Eddie was preceded in death by…

Mendocino County Today: Friday 11/8/2024

Clear Skies | Serenity Found | Palace Update | Reflection | Top Performers | People Too | Ethical Investing | Wap | Runway Reconstruction | Acorn Day | Compost Opposition | Moo | Redwood Sculptor | Ed Notes | Training Bender | Early Logging | Biden Banner | Yesterday's Catch | Canadian Border | Lurie Elected | Liberty | Wine Shorts | Depressing | Found | Fight On | Fly Catchers | Live Local | False Prophet | Maybe Not | ICBM Test | Break | Nitwit Kimmel | Creative Talk | Prison Labor | Cyanide Pie | Lead Stories | Reunited | DNC Autopsy | Teatime | Cultural Despair | Sadism | Hawk Hook | Leaflets Aloft

Gatsby/Trump, A Century Apart

Way back when I was an undergrad student at UC Santa Barbara, a fair number of Vietnamese refugees had been and were being relocated to the “student ghetto” of Isla Vista. Some of them even…

Off the Record 11/8/2024

EARLY MENDO RETURNS (15,265 votes counted out of an estimated 53,000-plus turnout) as of Tuesday evening: President: Harris 10,029; Trump 4782, RFK Jr. 223, Stein 122. State Assembly: Chris Rogers 9764, Michael Greer 5125. County…

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