Boonville News

Talk about fun: We woke early on a September Saturday and drove for breakfast to a restaurant on the shore of Bodega Bay.

Bill Fillmore of Talmage had the biggest pumpkin for the fourth consecutive year during Saturday's Pumpkin Weigh-off, but missed the 1,109-pound record he set last year by six pounds.

Cooking at the Philo Apple Farm near Boonville is an adventure. Our weekend cooking classes reflected the foods we picked right from the garden.

With its large acreage on the corner of Highways 128 and 253, Anderson Valley Brewing Co.

Apples, pears and grapes, family orchards and vineyards interweave the Oswald family's 100-year-old presence in Mendocino County.

At Gowan's Oak Tree Fruit Stand about 2.5 miles north of Philo alongside Highway 128 you can buy some cider apple cider and see the marvel of about 100 acres of apples.

The Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show started Saturday with car loads of visitors looking for a place to park in and around Boonville curbs and parking lots.

County search and rescue teams are out in force today looking for a 3 year old girl who disappeared from her home near Philo at about 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Tamara Wilder shows a demo of her hand made netting. Wilder, who teaches ancient living skills, made this netting out of string she made herself from the Dog Bane plant and will be teaching others these skills at the Mendocino County Fair in Boonville this weekend.

SEPTEMBER 17: HOME, 7 p.m. a film including stunning views of our planet --at the grange.

If you're headed north from the San Francisco Bay Area on Highway 101 to explore the wondrous beauty the Pacific Northwest, there's good news.

That nest of spinners, weavers and fiber producers known as the Anderson Valley has its own fair within the Mendocino County Fair: Boonville's California Wool and Fiber Festival, one of the country's oldest and largest wool shows.

Today is the 48th birthday of Geno Acevedo, head brewing and co-owner of El Toro Brewing in Morgan Hill, California.

SEPTEMBER 9: BACK to SCHOOL NIGHT at BROOKSIDE, 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Brookside Elementary School.

About 14 years ago, local businesswoman Nancy Finn thought about how much fun it would be to hold a fiber festival to showcase handcrafted works, fleeces and yarn, and celebrate the work of generations of artists, spinners and ranchers who contribute to the fiber industry.

The North Coast Builders Exchange has sent a letter to Mendocino County District Attorney Meredith Lintott expressing its concern about the DA's marijuana prosecution policies.

The Rotary Club of South Ukiah is in the process of gearing up for the 18th annual Ukiah Triathlon to be held Sunday, September 13.

We're competing for the best Anderson Valley Hotel . Tell your friends to vote for The Boonville Hotel .

Locals who still remember the days when everyone spoke Boontling may not agree, but Breggo seems to blend into the old-time Anderson Valley landscape well despite being quite new to it.

Around one of the bends on curvy Highway 128 between Yorkville and Boonville an inviting oasis appears.