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Anderson Valley Advertiser

Off The Record

MICHAEL MONTGOMERY, 21, of Lodi, was arrested for the stabbing death of Fort Bragg's Jonathan Denver, 24, an hour and a half after last Wednesday night's Giants-Dodgers game. Montgomery's father said his son told him…

Valley People

CORRECTION: IN LAST WEDNESDAY'S print edition of the AVA, we incorrectly reported that Michelle Hanes, of the Hanes Ranch, Boonville, had died of a heart attack. Ms. Hanes mother died of a heart attack, not…

Mendocino County Today: October 2, 2013

JOY ANDREWS, manager of our Community Services District, informs us that the position of Fire Chief for the Anderson Valley Fire Department has been filled. Andres Avila of Yorkville has begun training and will officially…

CalTrans, A Rogue Agency

My piece elsewhere in this issue of the AVA describes how Caltrans has appeared to violate Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, consistently and repeatedly, in its…

Border Crossing

Crossed into Canada and back last week, which required that I go through the checkpoints at the border, a process that undoes me every time. When I encounter people who have absolute power over the…

Johnny Pinches’ Last Act

Johnny Pinches has announced he will not run for another term as Third District Supervisor. Pinches, a Laytonville rancher, has always put the broader interests of Mendocino County ahead of personal advantage. He wants to…

Serial Parody

“Mr. Bruce Anderson doesn’t get to decide,” the District Attorney snarled, his nostrils aquiver. DA David Eyster was addressing Judge Ann Moorman in open court. “Just because he’s the editor of the Anderson Valley Advertiser,…

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