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We are so close by David Anderson, MD

In 1985 there were over 350,000 cases of paralytic polio in the world. These were basically all in third world countries, as polio had been eradicated, due to immunization, in the United States and Europe and Asia in the 1970s. For the young people who do not know what polio can do, as it is no longer a threat here, it is a virus that can cause permanent paralysis of major muscle groups, including respiratory muscles leading to death.

Commander in Chief

On December 2, President Barack Obama announced his plan to send

Letter: Supporting Goss

Editor: We¹re very pleased that Gary Goss has decided to run as

Letters to the Editor, January 25, 2018

Not downtown

The state of California prisons

For the last 15 years, I have been a volunteer in prisons, teaching convicted felons in the field of sociology and running self-help groups. Most of my students are “lifers,” men who have been convicted of serious crimes like murder, rape, or burglary for which they have received sentences of 15 years to life and much more. None of them are on death row, and most are now eligible for parole, having served their minimum sentences. Often, they have served far longer.

Color Me Meh: the Color of the Year is White

Pantone has anointed its 2026 Color of the Year and, in an act of breathtaking caution, selected white. Well, basically white. “Cloud Dancer” is its official name—a soft, contemplative white-adjacent non-color billed as a balm for our overstimulated moment.

Healdsburg Letters to the Editor, March 29, 2018

Memories of fair sought

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thank you Forestville

California To Stiffen Drug, Theft Penalties in 2025

California State Capitol
Voters this November overwhelmingly approved Prop. 36, which both modifies and adds key changes to California law. That includes prosecutors being able to charge people convicted of various third-time drug offenses with a so-called treatment-mandated felony, which would direct them to substance use disorder or mental health treatment in lieu of up to three years in jail or prison.
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Arts & Entertainment

Things to do in Healdsburg, July 2-10

Little Shop of Horrors is the musical adaptation of a cult 1960s sci-fi movie with, remade and brought to the stage by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken at the Raven Theater.