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Pioneers Of Anderson Valley Wine

Allan Green, founder and long time owner of Greenwood Ridge Winery and Tasting Room, has recently published a book titled, “Pioneers of Anderson Valley Wine.” Anyone with an interest in the early days of the…

Doghole Schooner Captains

The Master of a deep-water cargo ship on the Mendocino Coast during the late 1800s was generally a hard-fisted man who ruled his domain with an iron hand. He and his mates had to be,…

Mendocino County Today: Friday 2/27/2026

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Valley People 2/27/2026

AN HOUR OF NOTHING BUT SMILES AND LAUGHTER by Antoinette von Grone, member of the AV Fire Department I understand nothing about basketball except that you have to somehow get a ball through a hoop.…

The Reinvention Of A Famed American Bookstore & Its Founder

Gioia Woods— a professor at Northern Arizona University and the author of a new enlightening book about City Lights (City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Biography of a Bookstore), the famed San Francisco Bookstore— first…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday 2/26/2026

Trail Walk | Caption Correction | Elk Slide | Clearing | Water Rescue | GoFundThem | Craig Johansen | Dam Money | Kyle Thompson | Deficit Widens | Dan Duckhorn | Protest Saturday | Launch Party | Los Gallitos | AV Wines | Konocti Tips | Deputy Squires | Local Events | Frightened Pigs | Yesterday's Catch | The Blankforts | Hangover Town | Lunar Eclipse | Crazy Days | Simple Man | Blaming Mexicans | Bravery | Low Scores | Pitchman | Speech Reception | Ugly Victory | Low IQ | Lead Stories | Business Plot | Townhouse Explosion | Pitiful Slob | I Needed | Laws Motion | Remember Differently

Helping The Homeless: A Great Career

It’s cold, dark, rainy and miserable. It’s Monday, February 16 in Ukiah. I’m stopped at South State and Gobbi Streets peering through heavy drops and slashing wipers and off to my right, hunched under an…

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