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November 2, 2026

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Chris Love

Letters to the Editor

Fear and misinformation

Letters to the Editor, June 29

A Ruse by Another Name? Some things are not for sale. Full-time residents of Healdsburg can see the “unapproved” and not “permitted” 330 Center St. ultra-luxury $12 million condos listed on MLS ( a site FOR real estate brokers) for what it really is!  We know this...

Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot

America is a disposable nation. Each person, on average, produces more than 1,600 pounds of trash each year.

Decoding Teenagers: Back in time

My two teenagers have me addicted to a show that is airing on Netflix right now. It’s based in the 80s, that wonderful time in history when cassette tapes still rocked, MTV was becoming a national phenomenon and Madonna and Michael Jackson saturated the radio. My teens couldn’t help but comment on the clothes and hair styles of the day. They thought the outfits were nerdy and the hair too big on both the male and female actors.

Flashbacks: Dec. 12 in Healdsburg History

Historic holiday parking gift
100 years ago December 11, 1924 'SHOPPERS FOR CHRISTMAS FILL LOCAL STORES' A journey to the various stores in Healdsburg shows a very complete line of all kinds of articles which are suitable for Christmas presents. The merchants of this city report Christmas buying in full swing....

Healdsburg Letters to the Editor, April 5, 2018

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Ripe Rewards: Tomatoes

There are certain times of the year here in Sonoma County when you feel compelled to, you really must, work with certain foods. It is almost criminal not to, because they grow so beautifully, and most of all they taste out of this world.

Letters to the Editor, April 24, 2020

An unfortunate choice of words

Measure AA: take a double look

Measure AA on the June 7 Primary Election ballot may be double-lettered because it deserves a double look. It supports a worthy goal of protecting and restoring the San Francisco Bay, but it asks voters to pay an annual $12 per household tax that grants new and unprecedented taxing powers over the entire nine-county Bay Area.
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Arts & Entertainment

Dia de Muertos lives on in Healdsburg

At Dia de Muertos—Healdsburg’s most colorful event of the year, recognized Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Plaza—Sonoma County residents showed up to remember loved ones with celebration, costumes, mementos, music and marigolds. It was the tenth local anniversary for the Mesoamerican celebration to honor the recently departed, or those who still live in memory. With a Gallery of images...