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Raven Shorts consists of eight plays, five directors and 15 actors. Like all good one-act festivals, this is the definition of community theater, with participants running the gamut from seasoned (and award-winning) professionals to newbies getting their first taste of the theater world...

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

If there's nothing as American as apple pie, then there's likely

The warm weather of February and March has given gardeners planting fever, and a few local farmers are planting out tomatoes in hopes of being the first to bring the precious fruit to market. But is it worth the risk for a backyard gardener to plant summer crops early?

Steve Castelli, a model car enthusiast and drag racer, had a toy vehicle collection that was legendary; with the assistance of his daughter, Tina Castelli, the Healdsburg Museum assembled these mechanical wonders, "a tribute not only to Steve, but to forward motion itself.”