Mendocino Talking: Pinky Kushner
Pinky was born and raised in St. Louis, spent time as a child living in Cuba, received her degree in comparative literature and her PhD in neuroscience. She is a leader in the San Francisco Sierra Club...
View ArticleLetters (Dec 17, 2014)
Free To Live Or Die: That's my idea of a slogan for Hospice of Ukiah. I have been a Hospice of Ukiah client for seven years; first as I was about to die from two incurable cancers and then, when for...
View ArticleChoosing Names
Our dear friends Nick and Clare Bokulich, Nick the noted fermentologist, Clare the renowned musicologist and daughter of local viola legend Marion Crombie, recently sent us this pregnancy update. “Had...
View ArticleThe ‘Stain’ Of Torture
The “Torture Report” is finally public, at least much of it, and it’s been front-page news, and it is horrible, disgusting, shameful and embarrassing. Other nations not known for their respect for...
View ArticleDisturbing The Peace
I’d prefer not to call the cops. I don’t have anything against cops and I don’t fear them. Some of my friends and relatives are cops, like most people probably. It’s a big industry. I’d prefer to take...
View ArticleThe Bubble Whisperer of Anderson Valley
A couple years back at an abundant Memorial Day Weekend party on Mendocino Ridge, I noticed winemaker Arnaud Weyrich of Roederer Estate sampling the random red wines on Anne Fashauer’s table with a...
View ArticleAVHC Board Meeting (with Agenda)
The December meeting of the AVHC Board will be held today, Wednesday, December 17 at the Rose Room at the Anderson Valley Museum at 5:30 p.m. Meeting Agenda 5:30-5:35 Call to order, Introductions,...
View ArticleThe Stony Lonesome #5, Criminology Edition
I hate committing crimes. I really do. It’s scary and nerve-racking and guilt inducing and, well — wrong. This is why I fling myself headlong and heedless into the most doomed, idiotic, high risk, low...
View ArticleSultans of the Stick
One of the longest milliseconds I ever lived through came before the beginning of the Dies irae from Mozart’s Requiem. The members of the Stanford Chorus crowded onto the risers at the back of the...
View ArticleNew Rules on the Farm
Unusually balmy weather haunted Anderson Valley at least through the end of November, a phenomenon I witnessed first hand touring the gardens of friends who still had tomatoes and peppers blooming and...
View ArticleBlock Freeway Report
We marched from downtown Berkeley down University Avenue towards the Bay. At the extended entry ramp to the Eastshore freeway from University Avenue we were met for at least the third night in a row by...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec 18, 2014 (free today)
Ted Galletti; Old Acquaintances; Frost Protection FAQ; Winter Solstice; AVHC Healing; Marshall's Plea; FB Robbery; Catch of the Day; Green Day; Lobbyist Dellums; Movie Threats; NCRA Dispute; Cuba...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday, Dec 19, 2014
High Surf; High Tides; Thanks, John; Craigslist Hoax; Hwy 20 Casualty; School Safety; Sophisticated Dystopia; Carmel's Assistant; Ending Capitalism; Catch of the Day; Cuba, Finally; Castro’s Address;...
View ArticleTorture Songs of the CIA
http://anonhq.com/list-songs-cia-used-torture-muslim-prisoners/
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday, Dec 20, 2014
Helen Leslie; Hoopa Confrontation; Soggy Palace; Cancer Resource; Shale Game; Irish Soup; Let it Rain; Smith River; Portrait; Year of Solar; Secret Votes; Winter Market; Cannabis Legislation; Listen,...
View ArticleSony Hack An Inside Job?
http://www.inquisitr.com/1690467/north-korea-didnt-do-it-expert-hacker-believes-sony-hack-was-an-inside-job/
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, Dec 21, 2014
Home Invasion; Navarro Forecast; Weed Series; Police Reports; Sea Rise; Hoopa Confrontation; Catch of the Day; Grotesque Truths; Christmas Trees; FBI Errors; Palace Inertia; Carcass; Visit California;...
View ArticleCIA Admits Drone War Counterproductive
http://www.mintpressnews.com/leaked-internal-cia-document-admits-us-drone-program-counterproductive-2/200147/
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, Dec 22, 2014
_ambert _ane; Dope & Crime; Federal Bari Investigation; AVHC Job Opening; Feds Pop Graves; Dom-Vi Volunteers; Catch of the Day; Bouquet Meter; Rejecting Violence; Dabology; KZYX Board Meeting; Run,...
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