I am, and have always been since I first became acquainted with his body of work, a huge fan of comedian/actor/writer/producer/director Albert Brooks. I find myself thoroughly entranced with his uncanny ability to relate the…
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THE NEW BOOK by Stephen Sparks and Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, mentioned in last week's AVA and reviewed this week — “Out there in the Woods,” an account of the double-murder and ensuing manhunt…
A THOUSAND LIVES — The Untold Story of JonesTown by Julia Scheeres isn't what the mighty AVA would recommend as must reading, but for those of us who remain fascinated by a mass murder that…
GOOD TO READ that Linda Williams of the Willits News has re-visited the unsolved murder of Les Crane, a Laytonville marijuana crusader shot to death in his home by a group of four invaders, maybe…
THE AVA'S ACE Courthouse reporter, Bruce McEwen, is looking for a Ukiah-area berth from which to resume reporting on crime and punishment in Mendocino County. He can pay a modest rent (very modest) and, being…
THE DESCENT OF A NATION Compare the 1912 Elections with the 2012 Elections By Ralph Nader Before the electoral year of 2012 slinks into history, it is worth a comparative glance back to the electoral…
WHEN THE LITTLE HAND… Editor -- Back in the early 1940s a troop ship left the East Coast bound for Britain. As the ship cleared the harbor and entered the open sea, a crewman made…
The NY Times arrived this morning with the Sunday magazine devoted to "The Lives They Lived," an extra round of obits for people who exited in 2012. Guess who wasn’t mentioned? I suppose if they'd…