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March 8, 2026

Sonoma County’s citrus belt and Cloverdale’s annual Citrus Fair

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.

City Report: Council Meeting of Feb. 17

Black History Proclamation
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 Holiday Bazaar opens today

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.

Respite program offers care for seniors and a break for caregivers

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.

2021 Steelhead Festival canceled due to COVID

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.

Community briefs

Sebastopol Community Vitality Recovery + Resiliency Survey

Letters to the Editor

Friends of diplomacy

Letters to the Editor 4-3-14

Relay for Life ‘round up’

Should Laguna High move to El Molino?

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

Fall into the autumn spirit

Pumpkin patches are now open and offer a variety of activities 
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