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Valley People

LILA KNIGHT has died. Lila, the last of the Anderson Valley Pomos, was the wife of the late Art Knight. The Knights lived for many…

Off The Record

This Week: A murder in Rockport; SEIU vs. The County, Cont'd; See ya', Congressman Corktop; and much more

Jarheads In The Bike Lane

My birthday showed its face in June, and thanks to the recent auto repossession and my wife’s work sched­ule, it would be an auto-free, solitary…

El Classico De Michoacan

Michoacan is the mostly rural Mexican State from which the vast majority of Hispanic people in this Valley originally hail from. They tell me that…

Letters To The Editor

ROBBING THE PAST Editor, I'm reading a great must-read book, Griftopia, by Rolling Stone's political correspondent Matt Taibbi that I have to recommend to everyone…

A Memoir: The Fortunate Son, Part 16

“When we're gone, long gone, the only thing that will have mattered,  Is the love that we shared, and the way that we cared,  When…

Rich People

“Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.” — John Kenneth Galbraith I know people who own nice houses and…

Off The Record

This Week: Jerry Brown "hoodwinked" on Pinoleville; Allman's booming zip-ties; The Beacon's bogus accolades; and much more

Valley People

XAVIER FRANCIS, 19, of Boonville and Ukiah, was arrested  at Mendocino College last Thursday on a $50,000 felony burglary warrant. Dogged police work by resident…

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