The loss of my father was a shattering event. I wasn't yet 20 and my closest confidant and personal hero was gone before he would be 50. He had always provided a cloak of security and confidence, and my admiration for him was boundless.
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This Week: The Spandex Army wins a Ukiah corral; RIP Gil Scott-Heron; Eyster's Facebook offensive; and much more
CAN'T MISS the large Boonville signs pleading that our deputies and now our health center be saved. It looks like we'll probably lose our enormously popular junior deputy, Craig Walker, whose assiduous attention to The…
We’re having trouble reconciling marijuana dispensary fees with the just announced layoffs of six Sheriff's Department patrol deputies, among them Anderson Valley's popular resident deputy, Craig Walker.
“I respect Ms. Thompson, but this is basic stuff, right out of criminal law procedure 101,” attorney Jan Cole-Wilson said. “Any lawyer should know this.” Ms. Cole-Wilson, as she argued for a new trial for…
It was rainy but we donned our boots and drove over anyway. We met my niece and the little man climbed up on the bed of the multicultural float with she and some friends. Then…
BLUE TATTOOS Editor, On May 2, 2011, my husband and I were paying our bills and getting money orders from the usual place. Outside there was a cop talking to my husband. I had no…
The French are for the millionaire. The Americans are for the maid. Among the French, three out of five think the IMF’s former managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been framed. (Strauss-Kahn tendered his resignation as…
About a decade ago, I interviewed Latino musical legend Carlos Santana near his longtime home in Marin, just as he was about to explode in popularity again after long years of lower profile here in…