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Off The Record

KARMA MITE? Area pot farmers are in a major panic at the appearance of the hemp rust (or “russet”) mite. If this new pest gets into your pot garden, your garden is gone in a…

Valley People

MIKE LANGLEY, 60, has died. The popular, long-time resident of the Anderson Valley, died from a heart attack at a Chico restaurant. He had been in failing health since 2008 when he suffered a stroke.…

The Pitiless Light Of Publicity

The case of The People vs. The Crane Sitter has been assigned to Matthew Hubley, a trial deputy from the District Attorney’s office. The Crane Sitter was originally charged with a trespassing infraction.  At the…

River Views

The State Parks project to remove the remnants of the old Ten Mile Haul Road is a boondoggle. For those who may have forgotten, the common definition of boondoggle is: to do work of little…

Why Do We Need Homes?

I went to Berkeley’s first task force on homelessness the other night. It answered a few questions for me, but it also raised a lot more. Chief among them, I guess, is what is the…

Cedar Walton’s Eastern Rebellion

The great American pianist Cedar Walton died last week at the age of 79 at his home in Brooklyn after a short illness. Like almost all jazz musicians, Walton made his living largely on the…

Is Garberville Going To Hell?

The effects of Garberville’s transient population are said to have reached a critical point and merchants have appealed to the Board of Supervisors for help in dealing with a variety of social problems related to…

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