The tropical warmth enveloped us as we exited the aircraft. I resisted the temptation to emulate the papist act of kneeling down and kissing the tarmac. I had already established my eccentricity with our pleasant Costa Rican guide by asking her to translate the Spanish masthead of your beloved weekly newspaper. (It turned out to be a common slogan in the land where Che Guevara has been all but deified.)
Anderson Valley Advertiser
SHIRLEY HULBERT of Boonville's Stow-It Storage, apologizes to her many customers who have tried to call her. Shirley's phone line, through no fault of hers, has been down since December 11th. Shirley isn't sure when…
Right to Sleep;
Edu Parasites;
$90K Embezzled;
Profit Exploitation;
Tao Jones;
Medical Marijuana Legal?;
Crime Free;
Bidin' My Time;
Money Scenes;
Liberty's Mug;
Apocalypse Then
A Mendocino County Superior Court judge, once seated, becomes almost impossible to dislodge. The inertia of incumbency ossifies, as it were, into an immovable object. Or so it was thought until last week, when District…
Several 3-Dot regulars remain disappointed, and a little hungry, because three Valley restaurants remain “closed for the holidays.” Aquarelle, Stone and Embers, and Libby’s. However, The Buckhorn is open everyday except Tuesday, while Lauren’s is closed on Sunday and Monday only. The Hotel is open for dinner at the weekend and Coq au Vin Thursday thru Monday from 6pm each day.
The December meeting of the Mendocino County Mental Health Board provided some good news, some old news, and evidence of delaying tactics within the county's bureaucracy. Perhaps the best news was the announcement that an…
Reading about the murder of twelve people and the wounding of eight others at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and the continuing violence as the murderers have taken hostages in two locations in Paris, I recall Satan in Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger saying, “No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is.”