Different anniversaries
This week marks the second anniversary of our 2017 wildfires that destroyed 5,600 homes and claimed the lives of 44 people.
Someday we’ll laugh about this . . .right? In a word – perfect!
My amazing, wonderful, and adorable mother-in-law turns 80 this week.
Fire Diary: The empty spaces left behind
Recently we had a visitor from the east coast, a friend of over 30 years whom we see a few times a year, but never out this way.
Keeping the Faith: Lowell Bergman speaks out on the future of journalism (copy)
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, nationally known Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lowell Bergman came to the Raven Theater in Healdsburg for an evening of conversation about the state of journalism today. The event was sponsored by Northern California Public Media, Camellia Inn, and Sonoma West...
Commentary: Help keep the leaves and grass out of storm drain
Fall is just around the corner, and many of us will be spending our crisp Saturday afternoons trying to catch up with the week’s falling leaves and debris from our trees and landscaping that are shedding, preparing for the winter months ahead.Â
Senior Center Connections: International Active Aging Week
Oct. 1 marks the Day of the Older Person and the kick-off of a weeklong International Active Aging Week celebration.
Healdsburg’s population of persons over age 55 is 28.9%, and this trend continues to expand and. People over age 55 are expected to be one-third...
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.






















