Local Events

Feb. 8: The longrunning, ever-surprising Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival returns to the Congressman Don Clauson Fish Hatchery at the head of Dry Creek Valley. This free event attracts up to 10,000 people to the visitors center, for natural history education, live music, arts and crafts, and fishing-themed games. From 10am to 4pm...

Farmers’ Market: Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market, Saturdays until Dec. 17. Featuring a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as other items, the market celebrates the agricultural heritage of this area. At West Plaza Park, North Street, 8:30am to noon.  City Council: Meeting of...

HONOR AND SACRIFICE—Mayor Joe Palla presents a City of Cloverdale proclamation to Bob Cox, honoring and recognizing Private William Russell Ledford on the centennial of his death. Cox thanked the council on behalf of the American Legion and the Sons of the American Legion. “We buried this soldier with full honors at the Cloverdale cemetery,” Cox said. On March 19, 1924, the William Russell Ledford Post 293 of the American Legion was chartered in honor of William Russell Ledford, and in addition the Sons of the American Legion were also named in his honor on May 13, 2013. January 18, 2018, marked the centennial of Ledford’s death on a battlefield “Somewhere in France” during World War One. The City Council recognized and honored Ledford’s service and sacrifice to our country. Photo Patricia M. Roth

100 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE—Mayor Joe Palla (pictured right) and the Cloverdale City Council recognized the 100th Anniversary of Santa Rosa Junior College, in January of 2018, by presenting a proclamation to (pictured left) Ricardo Navarrette, vice president, SRJC Emeritus (retired) – 2016. Navarrette said access to quality higher education for all residents in the district continues to be the same motivation that drives the district 100 years after it was chartered in 1918.  Over its one hundred years, SRJC has served more than 1.7 million individuals with a vision of being an inclusive, diverse and sustainable learning community that engages the whole person, thus reflecting the legacy of its imprint on the entire North Bay region, a vision guarded vigorously throughout the test of time. Photo Patricia M. Roth