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It’s not clear who came up with the idea to call Cloverdale the Citrus Belt of Sonoma County, but George E. Baer, owner, publisher and editor of the local newspaper and all-around promoter was likely involved.

At its February 17, 2026 meeting, the Healdsburg City Council issued a proclamation acknowledging Black History Month. After reading the proclamation, Vice Mayor Ron Edwards shared his reflections on the recent death of Civil Rights icon Jesse Jackson, referencing Jackson’s message to Black Americans, to remember that “I Am Somebody!”

The Legacy’s Annual Holiday Bazaar is a wonderful Sebastopol tradition and, like everything else this year, it’s a little different because of COVID-19. This year, instead of making a temporary home in a vacant storefront, it’s being held at the spacious, high-ceilinged Community Cultural Center on Morris Street, which will make social distancing easier.

After her husband’s extensive back surgery, Jeanette Zwinger noticed he was starting to act differently. Her husband Richard, an avid flying enthusiast and former Air Force member who lived life with a sense of adventure, began to show cognitive decline after suffering a heart attack a few days after his back surgery. Richard’s “on-the-go, onto-the-next-thing” personality had declined almost into a state of delirium, and his wife was unsure of how she could continue caring for him.

The annual Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival is the most recent in what will likely be another round of event cancellations starting off 2021. Last week Friends of Lake Sonoma announced that its festival, which was slated for Feb. 21, 2021, is canceled due to COVID-19.

Sebastopol Community Vitality Recovery + Resiliency Survey

This and other hard questions abound in the high school district’s budget committee report

Pumpkin patches are now open and offer a variety of activities