Bourgeois Paradise in Twilight of Empire
When you’re young, downtown is where your life unfolds. It starts at 12 with the comic book shop, moves on to the record store and skateboarding, which is followed by clothes at the mall and finally literature at the bookstore, which is read and...
Summer weather heats up season’s activities
PLAZA MUSIC - The weather cooperated on a balmy Thursday night
SCOE holding distance learning seminars for teachers
According to a statement from the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE), more than 300 Sonoma County educators representing 30 of Sonoma County's 40 school districts will prepare for the uncertainty of the 2020-21 school year by expanding their skills in distance instruction during two virtual learning institutes presented by SCOE.Â
Cobbler resists retirement as renovation approved
Ramos Shoe Repair is an outlier on Healdsburg Avenue, even in the recently christened “North Makers Arts District” or NoMAD area between North and Piper streets. Neither a clothing store, an art gallery, a bakery nor a tasting room, it’s a shoe repair store, a working-man’s shop.
Jefferson gives out awards to teachers, staff weekly
Every week, one teacher from Jefferson Elementary is selected to win a Sparkle Award for their contributions to the school community and one classified staff member is awarded a Super Star Staff Award for the work they do for the school.
Healdsburg’s Water Supply at Risk After PG&E Pivot
Maybe you've heard mention, over the past few years, of a big bureaucratic haggle going on up in Mendocino County over the fate of an aging piece of waterway infrastructure called the "Potter Valley power plant." It's owned by PG&E right now, but they've...
DĂa de los Muertos event coming to Cloverdale Plaza
La Familia Sana gets ready to celebrate for the first time
What is equity?
The specifics of the effort to re-draft the JPA governing the County Library System came to my attention very late in the process. I was pleased to read the paragraph in the draft revision which proposed allowing communities to provide supplemental funds for local branches. When the county library system budget does not meet locally perceived needs a community could support their local branch. The Monday closure of the branches, in place for the last three years, could be reversed by allowing communities to fund Monday library services. It would be a valuable mechanism for communities to have library services responsive to local needs.













