Columns

Twenty years ago, December 1999, I asked my fellow physicians in Healdsburg what they thought were the major medical advances of the twentieth century. Their responses were extensively covered in the Healdsburg Tribune.

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In the Town Council’s last meeting of 2017, the annual residential Growth Report was presented and accepted. The report informed the council that the total number of residential units currently in the “pipeline” included 266 units proposed in the pending Jensen Lane annexation.

Recently, our staff met to go over what we could do better with our coverage at the Old Felta Schoolhouse in Healdsburg.

I live in the outskirts of Sebastopol, so the so-called “mag crews” don’t appear at my front door. But when we lived in Hermosa Beach, they were a several-times-a-week fixture. Those hucksters were always young, always vulnerable, and always poised for the “kill” of getting you to sign up for unneeded magazines. Writer/director Andrea Arnold has fleshed out a New York Times article by Ian Urbana into American Honey, the 162-minute-long, sex, drugs and hip-hop filled, cross-country odyssey taken by Star (Sasha Lane), a luckless teen desperate to escape her groping father and the 24-hours-a-day responsibility of caring for her younger siblings. Star finds her means of escape in a Walmart by flirting with Jake (Shia LeBoeuf) the scruffy-looking oldest member of a group of teens who are escorted out by store security. “If you want a job,” Jake tells Star, “be at the Motel 6 tomorrow morning.”

Spring. A magical time of year. You can see and feel life bursting forth with great force and energy. Dry Creek Peach included. Our fruit has set by this time, green leaves are growing, and peaches will soon begin to take shape. We do a big...

Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the slideshow of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Sonoma Humane Society, Healdsburg Center.