Being a born/raised Ukiah Native, I have experienced the late 1970's-1980's glory days of the Palace Hotel, Bar & Grill, and Back Room. Granted, it's a sore sight currently…
Posts published in December 2024
My Life of Futility, Chapter 19… In the early '90s I was writing about the marketing of Prozac for the AVA. My job editing the weekly newspaper at UCSF Medical Center gave me a good…
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Anderson Valley is hotbed of holiday goings on through the New Year. The Boonville Hotel hosted their annual fundraising Tree Lighting for the AV Food bank on Dec. 5th. As always the Hotel glows with…
ELIZABETH ANNE WEAVER Elizabeth Anne ‘Eli’ Weaver, a devoted mother, paramedic, and cherished pillar of her community, passed away on November 14th, 2024, at the age of 61. Eli was born on November 5th, 1963…
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Growing up a tadpole in the 1950s, I watched without much interest and zero comprehension as construction boomed and entire neighborhoods and shopping centers popped up around me. In 1955, the Village of Seven Hills…