In the spring of ’68 I’d been hired as an editor at Ramparts magazine. The office was on Broadway off Sansome Street in San Francisco. One day in early summer Tom Hayden called and asked…
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I recently wrote a piece about my friend Ann Menebroker, the fine poet who died recently at the age of eighty. In response, I received a number of communiqués from people who wanted to read more snippets from Annie’s letters, so I present them here with one of Annie’s poems.
By the time readers peruse this issue of the AVA, yours truly should be embarked on a 75-mile section of the John Muir Trail (JMT). Getting to a JMT trailhead is easy if you're starting…
Ahead Of Planned Walkout, Sanders Delegates Face Threats, Intimidation
As I read the recent article about the upcoming ballot measure regarding mental health services, I find myself both excited and worried.
It is absolutely time for Mendocino County to once again have an in-patient psychiatric unit. But it would be an absolute mistake for the County to operate it.
In June, Mendocino County voters resoundingly passed Measure V, which declares intentionally killing and leaving standing dead trees a public nuisance under certain circumstances. The measure received 62% of the vote — even though its…
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When Allison Turner found herself stranded with a flat tire on a Highway 101 pullout near Hopland, little did she think some guy would come along and change her tire, then place her in his pickup seat and, as the cops say, proceed to "digitally penetrate" his victim.
“BASED ON THE ANALYSIS provided by Mendocino County HHSA, the projected annual cost for staffing and operating a 16-bed psychiatric facility in Mendocino County would be $6,703,095…” SO BEGINS the fiscal analysis done by County…