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Lake Sonoma 50 A half-marathon, marathon and 50-mile run will be held at Lake Sonoma this weekend, April 7 and 8. Race finish lines at Lake Sonoma Visitor’s Center; more information at Healdsburg Running Company, 333 Center St. Day of the Beaver Friday, April 7 is the...

Year-round living on the Russian River really didn’t take root until the 1960s. Before that, residences were summer cabins only, used part of the year as a way to escape the fog-laden and downright cold days of summer that San Francisco typically offers.

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Don’t miss a special evening with Occidental native, Daniel Ziblatt, currently Harvard Professor of Government and co-author of the best seller “How Democracies Die,” at Occidental Center for the Arts on Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.) This enlightening (and frightening) new book examines the ways democracies die at the hands, not of generals, but of elected leaders. The authors outline several key ways this happens, drawing from global examples, then show how those same processes are at work in our own country.

Jazz, theater, and art: Healdsburg's coming events you don't want to miss include all the above and more.

What some like to call “Sonoma County’s premier summer music and wine event,” the Healdsburg Jazz Festival returns to full flower and robust musical health for its silver anniversary this summer. The festival celebrates its 25th anniversary from June 17-25, with a varied lineup of...