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125 years ago – July 4, 1901 Pipe Organ for the Presbyterian Church Geo. J. Jackson, general agent for Kohler & Chase was in town the first of the week. He sold a fine twelve-hundred-dollar Vocalion, which is an improved pipe-organ, to the Presbyterian Church. This...

At a work session on Jan. 21, the council decided to look closer at the options for affordable housing on city-owned sites. This included 3 North St., also known as the Cerri building or the Purity building. While the meeting agenda and staff report were focused on affordable housing, the council was being asked to consider a project last approved in 2017. The last time council was presented with options for this site was August 15, 2016. I am the only member still serving on the council when that vote was taken. Lots of things have happened in Healdsburg since 2016 including fires, floods, housing shortages and the SDAT process. After hearing about the potential for other uses for the site, including affordable housing, I am now open to follow the SDAT team’s recommendation and embark on a thoughtful, inclusive community master-planning effort for the West Plaza area as a whole.

State says our outlook is rosy

Not that long ago, cannabis was a part of agriculture, and before that it was part of the counterculture.

The usual headlines announce: “Father shoots his children and then himself.” Or, “He is a lying lowlife and the worst person ever.” Or, “California fires are the new norm.” Or, “Lifting bans on drilling proposed for California coast.” (Thank you, Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke). Or, “Build that wall and keep out the M-13s.”