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May 17, 2026

Wine Words: The comfort of wine

It is 5 p.m. during a pandemic. On these warm spring evenings, I pour myself a glass of crisp Russian River Valley Sauvignon Blanc and head outside to join my sheltering in place companion, nature. Admiring an outdoor water feature, structured after Andy Goldsworthy’s...

Country Roads

 Old Gramma

Golf review: a bond between father and son

As I’ve written in years past, my father Mich and I have a long history of playing in the Northern California Family Golf Championship on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Golf Course. This challenging tree-lined par three course is tucked away in the western part of the park on 47th and Fulton. We won the beginner’s fifth flight when I was 10 years old and we won the championship flight twice 25 years ago, in 1993 and 1994. 

Cultivating Community

Flower Power. It’s bursting out all over. If you’d like to get in touch with your flowery side, Windsor Garden Club has two new Garden Get-together groups you can join, and one fun event coming up in June.

Taxed

We’ve finally figured out why our government never gets around to really doing anything, like fixing potholes, getting our mail delivered on time or helping to cure cancer. It’s because they are too busy making up new taxes and collecting the bills. The more taxes...

Guest Commentary: Protect residential areas from marijuana cultivation

Zoning serves to protect residential areas from incompatible land uses. The Cannabis Land Use Ordinance approved by the Sonoma County Planning Commission (sonomacounty.ca.gov/CAO/

Local Dirt

Could a GMO-free Sonoma County be good for business?

Community Briefs

Housing open house April 28

Around Town

Change is constant

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Arts & Entertainment

‘Angels’ lands at Raven Performing Arts

:Every Sunday matinee we do a post-show discussion with the audience, so they get a chance to make comments and ask questions of the actors. We saw there were a lot of people who were quite moved and quite touched by the play. So the opening weekend could not have gone better, as far as I’m concerned," said director Steven David Martin.