The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols fills King’s College Chapel at Cambridge University every year on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. The service is broadcast by the BBC and heard, according to some estimates,…
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In December of 2008 the late Johnny Winter, famous blues musician, appeared in Navarro to perform at the Navarro Store. That appearance was improbable bordering on the impossible. A man who played to thousands was…
My Life of Futility, Chapter 19… In the early '90s I was writing about the marketing of Prozac for the AVA. My job editing the weekly newspaper at UCSF Medical Center gave me a good…
Anderson Valley is hotbed of holiday goings on through the New Year. The Boonville Hotel hosted their annual fundraising Tree Lighting for the AV Food bank on Dec. 5th. As always the Hotel glows with…
After years of neglect, a construction crew is working to shore up the landmark Palace Hotel beginning in the original portion erected in 1891. Contractor Tom Carter, the Palace Hotel’s new owner, is collaborating with…
Nobody is happy with the Mendocino County Air Quality Management District’s (AQMD) proposal to raise residential burn permit fees from $19 to a ridiculous $135. Even the Air Quality Management District representatives — Interim Air…
Another Anniversary of Jim Jones' mass murder of his black parishioners in Guyana was recorded on November 8th, but if it was noted anywhere I didn't see it. Usually the grisly event is squeezed by…
There has never been, and never will be a vote among local residents on A) the need for a new courthouse in Ukiah, or B) Merits of the courthouse design, if based only on drawings…