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Anderson Valley Advertiser

Off The Record

AS OF TUESDAY MORNING, the Boonville newspaper of last week had still not reached San Francisco. The week before, it got to New Jersey before it got to Frisco. The various layers of the Post…

Valley People

ARE YOUR HATCHES BATTENED? Storms beginning now will drench us so thoroughly for the next five or six days we're assuming 128 will be closed at Navarro by week's end. Even the cops are warning…

Sports Notes

Local boy Jacob Gowan is Stanford’s long-snapper on this year’s outstanding Cardinal football team. He is also a coach’s dream because he is a fine Division I athlete playing varsity football while attending Stanford on…

Does Pot Stink? (Or Is It Just You?)

Toward the end of the day of their November 13th meeting, the Board endured two hours of mind-numbing opinion from actuaries and consultants and staff about adding a new retirement tier for new hires. Fresh…

Cowboys Forever, At Least In Covelo

While visiting Willits for Thanksgiving, on Black Friday I dropped into its elegant feed store/pet store/tack shop/ranchwear and coffee shop, J.D. Redhouse & Co., in the middle of town on the highway. I was looking…

Mendocino ‘Magic’

Driving up Highway 101, late 1970s, hitchhikers at regular intervals and when they saw my VW van they would start jumping up and down with anticipation of a ride. I picked up one of the less deranged-looking guys and we had a nice chat as we entered Humboldt and the redwoods.

Mendocino County Today: November 27, 2012

MENDOCINO COUNTY PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS for federal and state offices. (Name, Party, vote total, percentage) President: Jill Stein Grn 471 2.61% Thomas Hoefling AI 83 0.46% Mitt Romney Rep 5129 28.38% Gary Johnson Lib 203…

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