Around Town
This week, by coincidence, happens to be very animal centric, so it seems to be as good a time as any to point out the many, many wonderful animal charities here in Sonoma County, all of whom could use a little extra help this...
Commit, protect and preserve, for the town and the planet
“The Time Has Come Today”. A song from the 60’s with the words meaning even more today. Time is no longer on our side, so I ask for three actions: 1) Commit, 2) Protect 3) Preserve.
Commentary: Perspective and guidance from a storm water inspector
I have been responding to spills in the city of Santa Rosa for the last 17 years.
Mr. Rogers for President
We like all our local elected officials and find them to be upstanding and dedicated individuals, without exception.
Newsroom Notebook: Holiday cheer—and tradition—comes in many forms
It’s the slowest and fastest of times here at the newspaper.
Newsroom Notebook: Holiday cheer—and tradition—comes in many forms
It’s the slowest and fastest of times here at the newspaper.
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.






















