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January 30, 2026

A Few Good “Rio Nido” Reads from John McCarty

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.

Exploring wild places and open spaces

If you’re planning to go on the Jenner Headlands outing next Sunday, Sept. 1, be prepared to get high. You’ll be trekking on almost 6,000 acres of rugged Sonoma coastland above Jenner where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean.

Vital Living

What’s for lunch?

The Fishing Report: Politics threaten salmon future

King salmon continue to make their way to the Golden Gate or to the Klamath in waves and as a result, scores of salmon off of our Sonoma coast have been more sporadic than the solid action we had all July. Saturday out of Bodega Bay, sport boats landed very few – and then on Sunday, the action reportedly increased markedly with several boats reporting limits of large king salmon to 40 pounds.

Sonoma Film Institute Presents Restored ‘Portrait of Jason’ Film

On the night of Dec. 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film. There, for 12 straight hours, they filmed the one-and-only Jason Holliday as he spun tales, sang, donned costumes and reminisced about good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. The result is a mesmerizing portrait of a remarkable, charming and tortured man, who is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.

Bodega Seafood, Art and Wine Festival

Historically, artists from around the world have gathered and even relocated to West Sonoma County where the power of Mother Nature is said to be strong enough to guide one through the creative process.

All-Star Cast Chosen for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

You won’t have to rely on the kindness of strangers to see a great new production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” because it’s coming soon to Healdsburg’s Raven Performing Arts Theater.

Screenings: Elysium

Good science fiction movies owe a great deal to their predecessors. For example, H.G. Wells created the “dying Earth” genre for humankind’s future in his classic novel The Time Machine way back in 1895. In Wells’ vision of a future Earth, mankind had evolved into the elegant, surface-dwelling  Eloi and the prole-like, underground-living Morlocks.

Ask Dr. Shiroko

In the movie “The Terminal”, Tom Hanks portrays a man stuck in an airport for nine months due to a bureaucratic snafu. He can’t speak English and is left to fend for himself in the international terminal of New York Airport. As the story unfolds, he learns English, makes friends, and finds ways to get food, money and a home for himself. At times he has only saltine crackers and ketchup to eat. He accepts his situation with a positive attitude.

Classic Mustangs to Fly at Wings Over Wine Country

A small squadron flies to honor those who served in World War II
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