Bruce Anderson is the publisher and editor of the Northern California weekly newspaper, ''

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'' (AVA), which he purchased in 1984 for a sum of $20,000. ''

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'' described the AVA as "the country's most idiosyncratic and contentious weeklies." Anderson is known for publishing some of the most interesting, well-researched journalism in Northern California. Anderson received a baseball athletic scholarship to attend

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in San Luis Obispo, but later transferred to San Francisco State where he earned a B.A. in English. Prior to purchasing the ''Anderson Valley Advertiser'', Anderson served in the Marines, Peace Corps, and ran a home for juvenile delinquents. Anderson was a foster parent to American serial killer David Mason who was executed in

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's gas chamber in 1993. Anderson has been in jail numerous times, most notably for allegedly withholding evidence in the Bear Lincoln murder trialand for punching a superintendent at a school board meeting. Anderson is married to Ling More, who he met in Borneo during his time in the Peace Corps. His son, Zack Anderson, is the co-writer of the films ''Pig Hunt'' and ''Windows on the World''. Anderson is uncle to activist and American writer,

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. In 2022, Bruce Anderson received a Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award from

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