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There has been a lot of advice on how to landscape our homes to keep wildfires away (including this column).

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

In a few weeks we will load up the car and head up north to see my dad and his new home, post Camp Fire.

An overflow crowd, including town council members, Debora Fudge, Esther Lemus and Sam Salmon, turned out to learn about the Green New Deal at a Windsor Democratic Club forum Thursday, April 25 at Round Table Pizza.

 

Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the selection of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Healdsburg Center for Animals.

We don’t know how old the Chinese proverb is, that says, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the second best time is now.” We don’t know if its truly an authentic ancient parable or not, but we’ll accept it as great advice for how we should be thinking about our current affordable housing crisis in Sonoma County and California.

Cali Calmécac Language Academy has had an eventful year full of fun, inspiration and new programs that benefit our students and staff.  As a school we were privileged to open up to our community and be able to showcase some of our many accomplishments during our Open House on April 4.  

We’ve all been exposed to pictures of drug abusers meant to scare us onto the straight and narrow path. Images of opium dens, strung out “junkies” using needles, meant to create distance between the substance abuser and the community. This strategy has worked well, creating isolation, exclusion and stigma around substance abuse issues and those that struggle with addiction. This stigma has made it harder for those in need to ask for, and accept, treatment for addictions.

I recently returned from back East, where I attended a funeral of a man I have known a long time.