Elk’s 28th Annual Rummage Sale
The Greenwood Civic Club invites you to take part in the 28th annual Elk Rummage Sale to be held Saturday and Sunday, March 28th and 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Greenwood Community Center...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015
County Collusion; Crazy Cliff Driving; Grant Writing Genius; Catch of the Day; Last Chance Grade; Goya Soup Eaters; Native Sovereignty; Rip Van WalMart; Camarillo Brillo; Swasti-trees; Sako Writes FCC;...
View ArticlePortland’s New Pipes Generate Power From Drinking Water
An ingenious new system captures energy from water flow. http://wearechange.org/portlands-new-pipes-harvest-power-drinking-water/
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, Feb 23, 2015
Daily's Fight; Suzzette's Exit; Frick F***ed; Stonewall Ricard; Water/Sewer Possibilities; CSD Seats; Farm Report; Gun Laws; Hitchhiker Tales; Alien Activity; KZYX Numbers; Courthouse Commandments;...
View ArticleRicard’s Rattrap: A Photo Essay
Boonville's Ricard Building, at the corner of Highway 128 and Haehl Street, has remained vacant and derelict for decades.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015
Daily's Details; KZYX Thoughts; Oscar Drool; Norman's Party; AVHC News; Catch of the Day; Sargent Portrait; Frank's Wild Years; UFO!; Mayoral Election; Bridge Talker; Stabilizing Slides; Wildlife...
View ArticleHerbicide Meeting in Comptche
Attn: Comptche & Beyond: Voice your Concerns to MRC, Thursday evening, March 5, at the Comptche Community Hall Please come to the Comptche Community Hall, Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 5-7 pm to...
View ArticleValley People (Feb 25, 2015)
FROST FANS in vineyards northeast of Central Boonville kicked on Monday and Tuesday morning about midnight, as did the sprinkler system in the vast vineyard in the same general area. There were also a...
View ArticleOff the Record (Feb 25, 2015)
NOT THAT SHE'S talking about why she left, but Suzette Cook, the smart and energetic young editor briefly in charge of news for the twin ad sales sheets known as the Fort Bragg Advocate and Mendocino...
View ArticleGreenpeace’s MRC Greenwash
“Clean up your act, not your image” is the slogan of the stopgreenwash.org campaign recently launched by none other than Greenpeace International, which seeks to expose the hype behind the shiny, green...
View ArticleGhetto Graffiti: VXL
Luis Rodriguez of 1376 South State Street in Ukiah had moved in and fixed the place all up for a small business venture. Having designed a sign inspired by a magazine cover, Rodriguez, modifying it to...
View ArticleCoast Hotel: What’s the Plan?
I feel like Michael Corleone in The Godfather (Part III): “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” For me, it's not the mob, but the Coast Hotel issue. The setting isn't New York or...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Feb 25, 2105)
Apparently, this past week has seen a journalist from Newsweek, the national weekly magazine, in the Valley researching an article that will feature your beloved AVA, the last real newspaper in...
View ArticleLetters (Feb 25, 2015)
The destructive mowing of the Headlands State Park in Mendocino is so sad to see. All the foliage is gone except a few small patches. No more habitat at all, no roses, no berries, no grasses, no small...
View ArticlePalmer, Alaska
When Marcia and I got together eight years ago, we embarked on a fascinating process of making a studio album with the help of Peter Temple, the recording savant of Albion. I played guitar and piano...
View ArticleAnother Dead Dog (1971 to 1975)
Will the person who shot my dog down by Outlet Creek read this? Was she threatening you with her friendly tail wagging? Was it a mercy killing? Target practice? I hate not knowing why she was shot. Any...
View ArticleTen Years for This?
Marijuana, Drug Sales — Jack P. Daily, 64, of Fort Bragg, was arrested at 2pm on May 31 on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale, cultivating marijuana, possessing a controlled substance for sale...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015
Herbicide Meeting; Frost-fan Season; Woodhouse Impression; FB Council Meeting; Catch o'the Day; NCRA v CEQA; Degrees of Crazy; Burl Poaching; Pocahontas; Contemptible Heroes; Hot Mannequins; Medical...
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