Letter to the Editor April 25, 2019
I did not know and I am sure many of you are unaware of the “In Memory” Program in Washington D.C. founders of this program were Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in 1993. This program honors your Vietnam veteran’s life cut short after they returned home.
Make sure to enjoy those bonus days
I recently returned from back East, where I attended a funeral of a man I have known a long time.
Shining a light on sexual abuse with film
By now you’ve likely heard or read something about the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the U.S. women’s Olympics gymnastics team.
But first … a word from our gardener on getting the kinks out
The trees loved the rain. The roses loved the cold.
Be earthquake ready
The Department of Emergency Management presented the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors with a workshop on the threat of earthquakes at Wednesday’s board meeting as part of our ongoing, quarterly series of threat assessments.
Solutions journalism
You hold in your hand a copy of the local newspaper.
It is a collection of reports, news, commentaries and advertisements all focused on your community, the place you have chosen to live, work, retire or raise a family. It is just as likely that...
Commentary
We’ve all been exposed to pictures of drug abusers meant to scare us onto the straight and narrow path. Images of opium dens, strung out “junkies” using needles, meant to create distance between the substance abuser and the community. This strategy has worked well, creating isolation, exclusion and stigma around substance abuse issues and those that struggle with addiction. This stigma has made it harder for those in need to ask for, and accept, treatment for addictions.
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.





















