Pride kicks off with a flag raising
Pride Month kicked off June 1 with a ceremonial flag raising of the progress pride flag alongside the POW, U.S. and state flags at the civic center.
Living a century: Fern Pagni says she only feels 40
Thursday June 21, Fern Pagni turns 100 years old. Born in Massachusetts and the second eldest of four, Pagni’s life has been driven by her dedication to family and helping others.
Car chase ends in death in custody
A Petaluma man, David Glen Ward, 52, was driving through west county in his own car in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 27, when he was mistaken for a carjacker and died after a struggle with Sonoma County sheriffs and Sebastopol police.
Healdsburg cancels boil water notice
The boil water notice has been canceled for all areas in Healdsburg that were affected by a water main break that occurred on Aug. 25 at the Mill District affordable housing construction site.
Measure G sales tax would bolster fire services
Following multiple years of wildfires and a sense that this is in fact “the new normal,” it seems like an ideal time to pitch a sales tax increase to cover revamping and expanding fire services. However, plans for change and expansion have been in the works prior to the current sense of urgency. On the March ballot, Measure G, if approved, will add a half-cent to sales tax throughout the county.
Jonah Raskin explores dark mysteries of wine country, April 19
Jonah Raskin, emeritus Sonoma State University professor, writer and former radical journalist visited local booksellers. “I talked to booksellers a couple of years ago, and asked, ‘Are there any wine country murder mysteries you recommend to tourists?’ and they said no. They talk to tourists who come in all the time and say they want a murder mystery that’s set in Sonoma, and the booksellers say there really isn’t one.” So Raskin wrote one.
HHS juniors tell all in internship presentation
HHS juniors and a slew of volunteer judges comprised of local merchants, school board trustees and community members gathered in various classrooms at Healdsburg High School last Wednesday evening for the junior seminar internship presentation.
