Press "Enter" to skip to content

Anderson Valley Advertiser

Art Rant

Books “Rae’s eyes were red and swollen. They sat on the couch side by side, in silence, waiting for the doctor.” from Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott The silence of the eyes rings true,…

Rough Notes & Random Thoughts

It was unintentional, but I’m happy to have taken the summer off from writing my blog for theAVA.com. I know some of you feel the same but that’s not the point. It was a period…

Mendo’s Biggest Wine Country Corporations

“We have chosen as our first topic of discussion the reality of the business — cash. Everything we do eventually finds its way back to this common denominator. That is, cash in and cash out.…

Taking It To The Streets

Local judges are all getting a paid holiday for Labor Day, but the clerks and court reporters are not.

Besieged In Elk

Question: does the desire to save the planet, protect pollywogs, make us carbon happy, and provide for a structure-free coastal viewshed exempt us from evil?

Off the Record

This Week: Lisa's sulcatas, Measure C, privatizing Mendo's trash and much more...

Valley People

RECENT TIMES have found Anderson Valley teams “the team to beat” as our record of wins grows. This past week our Boys Soccer team beat Calistoga 2-1. They take on Tomales at 4:30 on today.…

Margie Handley’s Neighborhood

Marge Handley, the prominent Willits heiress and Republican philanthropist, owns a modest new home in a struggling subdivision off East Hill Road in South Willits called Haehl Creek. Mrs. Handley, 70, can retreat to her…

-