Editorial

4Cs to reopen

If you look at our waterways from above, you can see a rolling and flowing patchwork of managed lands and natural landscapes, including urbanized neighborhoods, agricultural fields, riparian forest, seasonal channels and open water. More and more we are seeing how our management of these lands influences the others.

Apple Blossom reminders

For some reason, we have taxes on our minds this week. Tax Day (April 15) just happened and we’re busily wadding up all the extra forms with pencil mistakes and late night calculations. We just hit the “Send” button on our TurboTax or stubbornly filed our income taxes the old fashioned way with a licked stamp and envelope.

Relay for Life

Mandatory water limits ordered

As a fellow employee and team member of Healdsburg District Hospital, I was saddened by the article that I read in The Healdsburg Tribune (Nurses protest lack of pay parity, April 2, 2015) in regards to the comments quoted by some of our employees.

Support needed for cemetery project

No ‘greatest’ religion

Our California drought is a tangle of mathematics problems. And, so far, it doesn’t look like the numbers are adding up. Facing our worst drought in 120 years, we know the severe lack of rain will require a lot of subtraction and sacrifice. This math test is no longer optional. Last week, Gov. Brown made it mandatory and we all have to save a minimum of 25 percent over previous rates of water usage.