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Blood in the Vineyards

William Crawford is the target of a personal injury lawsuit brought by Nicolas 'Nick' Fross. Crawford owns McDowell Valley Vineyards in Hopland. Fross, a former lineman for Mendocino College, was stabbed in the chest at…

The Listserves Go “Off-List”

The "Listserves" hosted by the Mendocino School District’s private internet outfit known as Mendocino Community Network are heavily underwritten out of Mendocino's public school funds. Which is the real issue here, not that anyone has…

Valley People

DAVE BROADBENT, with his wife Barbara and son Clint at his bedside, passed away early Saturday morning at his home on the Holmes Ranch. Dave had been a heavy equipment operator for Caltrans and the…

Letters to the Editor

AKA, THE RICH Editor, Class warfare — The media are all fretted up over a freshman congressmen who hasn’t yet learned to keep his mouth off certain forbidden topics. Asked about the attempt by the…

The Killa Nook

Dear AVA, This is Mr. Gutmann, "The One and Only!" You might remember me from an article you published a while back titled "Something Nice" by Bruce McEwen. I was the one who was "supposed"…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all — if you are sitting comforta­bly then I shall begin. Well done to The Boonville Hotel! Owner Johnny Schmitt, staff, and friends have added a great deal to the Christmas spirit…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Bill Kimberlin

I met with Bill last week at his home up on Peach­land Road on the outskirts of Boonville. We sat down in front of a nice fire and enjoyed a delicious sandwich and German lager…

Happiness

“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.” — Edith Wharton November thirtieth. The weather report said Mendo­cino could expect rain tonight and for the next several days,…

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