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August 27, 2026

The gift of reading

I never thanked my mother for teaching me to read.

Silver Linings

AARP Safe Driving Class—Wednesday & Thursday, Jan 15 and 16 • 1 to 5 p.m.

Not so super

We are now 47 days away from Super Tuesday. If you think that has something to do with the NFL’s Super Bowl, you need a lot of voter education. (The Super Bowl is Feb. 2.) March 3 is Super Tuesday when California and 12 other states will hold primary elections, including party voting for U.S. President.

Letters to the Editor: Jan. 9

Thank you from the elves

Letters to the Editor, Jan. 9, 2020

Palm Drive dissolution

Commentary: 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.

Around Town

I’ve had the privilege the last week of shepherding some dear friends on their first visit to Sonoma County.

Ripe Rewards

Citrus time of year

Commentary: Around Town

I’ve had the privilege the last week of shepherding some dear friends on their first visit to Sonoma County. 

Money in the wrong places

Our economy in 2019 did very well. It made lots of money, piled up big corporate profits and created billions in new wealth. Historic stock market levels were recorded on Wall Street, the Gross National Product kept increasing, now for 124 months in a row, and the low level of unemployment keeps getting bragged about.
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Arts & Entertainment

Return to the Russian River

When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed.