THE NEW YEAR used to be celebrated in Boonville with gunfire and low intensity explosions commencing, it always seemed, at nightfall. No more. We're a pretty tame bunch anymore. The anarchic sectors of The Valley's…
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Exactly one week before Christmas I received a bill in the mail from the Mendocino Coast District Hospital for $2,635.47. Immediately after arriving home from the post office, I called the hospital’s billing department. I spoke at some length to two women who worked there.
SOHUM RESIDENT ACCUSED OF SHOCKING EUREKA MURDER by Daniel Mintz A Southern Humboldt man has been charged in the New Year’s Day murder of the pastor of one of Eureka’s most iconic churches. Police believe…
IN THE WETTEST of times, Fort Bragg's ingenious water system is a struggle. We asked 4th District supervisor Dan Gjerde how it was holding up during the drought: “We're clearly going through another drought year.…
SACRAMENTO BEE COLUMNIST Dan Walters wrote Saturday about a phenomenon that we’ve covered at length in the AVA as it applies to the Northcoast: “An insidious political syndrome popped up in California during the 1990s…
AT THE BOONVILLE WINTER MARKET in front of the Boonville General Store on Saturday, 11-1, you will find: AV Community Farm - Cabbage, Kohlrabi and Mustard Greens, Root Veggies (turnips, beets, etc.), pork, lamb, goat, chicken, sauerkrauts and food preserves; Diane - rabbits, garlic, jam and jelly, warm crocheted hats, bring your own dish kits, table napkins, handkerchiefs and other crafts; Yorkville Olive Oil - Extra Virgin Olive Oil in both the 375 ml and 750 ml bottles.
SO YOU THINK IT’S BEEN DRY & COLD by Ken Montgomery, Anderson Valley Nursery During the past twelve months (calendar year January 1 through December 31, 2013), I’ve recorded 8.5 inches of rainfall at my…
To me the most boring part of any biography is the beginning. You know, all that stuff about the subject’s childhood and schooling and who his parents were and what they were like and even…