Trump vs Sonoma County
Remember how we all wanted the Clinton-Trump campaign to be over so all the noise, ranting and ugly attacks would end and we could safely watch TV and read the national news again? Who knew our post-inauguration world would also beckon a regime of post-truth, alternative facts and government-by-Twitter?
Letters: May, 2026
Tribune readers have advice and opinions, and sometimes they share them in our Letters column, published irregularly.
A baby budget
This is the season when governments from The White House to local school boards start working on their new budgets. The federal budget is unfathomably huge at $4 trillion whereas some local school budgets are the size of a medium business. California’s budget is...
Commentary: Around Town
I’ve had the privilege the last week of shepherding some dear friends on their first visit to Sonoma County.
Library Programs Focus on Young Readers
As we welcome September in Healdsburg, many of our residents are in full back-to-school mode, and that’s noticeable at the library. Our staff, as well as the teachers, kids and parents, have had their recovery time and gotten the school year running smoothly; now...
Ripe Rewards: Olives
Is there a more beautiful time of year here than autumn? Colors are turning, leaves falling, air crisp, sky blue and fall fruits and vegetables abound. It is harvest time, so stunning.
Are we ready?
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”
Snapshot: Luck of the Irish
Fun facts: The chances of finding a four-leaf clover are reportedly about 1 in 5,000. Luck is involved. Clovers, or trefoils, can have more than three leaves. Five-leaf clovers are two times rarer than four-leaf, and the most leaves ever found on a clover was 63, discovered in Japan in 2023.
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.
