A&E

February is wild steelhead month in Sonoma County and the annual Wild Steelhead Festival takes place in Healdsburg this Saturday, Feb. 9. “Celebrating the return of steelhead to the Russian River at the Lake Sonoma visitor center, said the Friends of Lake Sonoma, one of the festival’s sponsoring groups.

I am writing this the week before the long weekend because the

The importance of sleep

We’ve all heard those scary side effects disclaimers on the prescription drug ads before we manage to push the MUTE button. All too often, the voice casually says something like, “…may result in anxiety, paranoia, amnesia, sleepwalking or death.” All of the above apply to the characters in Steven Soderbergh’s newest (and, he says, possibly his last) film, “Side Effects,” where the master of conspiracy draws quite a bit from the master of suspense in this Hitchcock-styled derivation.

Low water on the Russian river is making for tougher conditions for local anglers. Many steelheaders have hung up their chest waders, waiting for the next rain fall, which should be the end of this week. Others have decided to enjoy the relative solitude and float sections of the river with little to no company. The guys in the know are getting fish. The guys that are stationary are not.

It seems backwards that summer is the time of year to preserve.

Menopause is not a disease. It is a natural process of change