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March 13, 2026

Dia de Los Muertos

Local events cross cultures and celebrate death and life

Healdsburg Happenings, Aug 7 – 15

Locals listen to a lecture in Healdsburg's Plaza.
History Talks: The docents of the Healdsburg Museum once again present programs at the Plaza on Saturdays, 10am to noon. “The Annals of Alexander Valley” is this week’s topic; show up early as attendance seems to get higher every weekend. Plus “Many Paths to Healdsburg” is the theme of the new exhibit opening this Saturday at the museum.

Ask Dr. Shiroko: Grieving

Mary’s son died in Afghanistan a few years ago. Not much later she developed a painful ovarian cyst. She did not want to have surgery. When she came into my office, she was skeptical about the possibility of her son’s death and her cyst being related.

THE FISHING REPORT

Like one of the great holidays of the year, the ocean Salmon

Ellsberg at Progressive Fest

Famed anti-war activist Daniel Ellsberg tops a list of speakers

Larger-Than-Life Composer Celebrated at St. Paul’s

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the 123-year-old redwood church on the corner of Matheson and East streets, is hosting an informal music festival to recognize one of the most colorful characters in classical music, Max Reger, on the 150th anniversary of his birth in 1873. While...

Sonoma Wine Country Senior Games Where athletes are only as old as they feel

Athletes between the ages of 50 and 90 are gearing up for the third annual Sonoma Wine Country Senior Games, a 10-day event complete with competition, camaraderie, health screenings, and other social happenings – some sport-specific and some that bring food and wine to table.  

BloodRoot Ramble: Concert With a Cause

Kelly & Noah Dorrance
Healdsburg is where you find airy and coastal-feeling tasting rooms and quaint vineyards spanning the slopes of Sonoma County. In contrast, The Ramble is a sexy, loud and grungy indie-rock music festival with bold orangey-red colorways and skull motifs throughout the marketing. The two shouldn’t mix, but they do at the Ramble...

Peruse the past during the Sonoma County Archive Crawl

The West County Museum will be participating in a  county-wide event named Archive Crawl on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. This is a rare and unusual, behind-the-scenes look at our museum.

The Fishing Report: Who dat?

This past weekend I was vacationing down in southern Louisiana on a music safari and I just have to comment on a few things fishing and not related.  First off, “Y’all” need to know, that the folks down “thata way” are just as nice as anywhere I have ever been. In all of the 700 or so miles we traveled, we didn’t come across one person that wasn’t helpful or had anything less than kind to say. Second the food is rich, plentiful and decadent to a fault and if you’re planning a trip down there, I would highly suggest dieting before you go because any thought of self-control at the dining table will be out of the question.
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