Community preparedness: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Most places that you travel to, Sonoma County included, have something called a hazard mitigation plan. It’s required by federal law, and local governments won’t qualify federal and state funds if they don’t have a hazard mitigation plan.
Shining a light on sexual abuse with film
By now you’ve likely heard or read something about the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the U.S. women’s Olympics gymnastics team.
No alternative facts
We wish we had invented the concept of alternative facts a long time ago. Readers couldn’t imagine how much easier our news reporting jobs would be. When Mr. Trump and his spokespeople fabricated extra millions of people at his inauguration and millions more phantom cheating voters, they had no idea how liberating alternative facts could be.
‘Buckle of the Prune Belt’ from above
Holly Hoods was taken aback when three men walked into the downstairs office space of the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society one morning last week. One of them was unknown to the museum director, but he seemed to know a lot about Healdsburg history,...
Humane Society of Sonoma Co. Healdsburg Activity Log, Aug. 6-12, 2018
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.
Idlewood 3
February may be a short month, but there is still time to celebrate Presidents’ Day, the Lunar New Year (it’s the Year of the Rooster – Gung Hay Fat Choy), Mardi Gras (with beignets at Parish?) and more. Send your news on festivities to IDlewood 3…” at [email protected]. Idlewood was the original telephone exchange for Healdsburg. Now, “Hedda Healdsburg” wants to know all!
This Week in H’burg: Organ pipe cacti
This Week in H’burg is a weekly column featuring photos and fun facts from local photographer Pierre Ratté. Each week we’ll feature a new photo from Ratté along with a fact about the subject matter of the photo.
An invitation to “How Democracies Die” event
Well, so much for a peaceful transfer of power. Five Americans died on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol and forced members of Congress to flee and barricade themselves for fear of personal harm. We all know what happened. We saw it on live TV. Most of us think we know why it happened but far too many of our fellow Americans are denying it. What is undeniable is we all just witnessed one of the darkest days ever in our democracy’s history.
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.
