Editorial

We are in August, the heart of summer, when temperatures rise and peaches reach their peak of season.

Healdsburg business owner Lucia Azevedo Fincher made this statement to the Healdsburg City Council on Monday night:

This content is provided by Jon Haupt, Healdsburg Regional Library It is always a pleasure to see our many visitors attending events at the Healdsburg Regional Library. Sometimes we need to make adjustments to meet the moment. Responding to cold weather, we brought our Not-So-Spooky...

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.

The word “smitten” has several meanings, ranging from being hit with a heavy blow to caught in a trance of obsession or becoming love-struck. Here, we are using smitten as a synonym for enraptured or enchanted, like a teenager who casts a first sight on the new girl in class and immediately starts talking in nonsensical rhymes.