Healdsburg Senior Living’s Parent Company Goes Bankrupt
The beleaguered parent company of the Healdsburg Senior Living facility on Grove Street, a San Diego-based company called Pacifica that runs 80 such facilities in seven states, suffered another blow this week: They were forced to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to the Press...
Cutting Christmas trees to reduce fire danger
Not many families wade through heavily wooded forests anymore to find that perfect Christmas tree — save for the Griswolds in the “Christmas Vacation” film. Most just go to their local neighborhood tree lots.
West County students walk out against vote to reinstate Analy name
Students rolled out of West County High School (WCHS) Thursday morning for a walkout against the west county school board’s Dec. 1 4-1 vote to reverse the decision to rebrand the consolidated high school, reinstating the Analy High School name.
Hot Air Balloon Classic benefits local education
Every year, the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic puts a
Tomorrow’s Leaders Today launches Agriculture Day program
Tomorrow’s Leaders Today (TLT) partnered with Sonoma County Farm Bureau to support the organization’s agriculture program. Nearly 100 juniors from high schools from Sonoma County participated in Agriculture Day.
Exploring options for PG&E’s future
Some big decisions about PG&E will be made in the next few months, and local officials are realizing this could have enormous implications for Sonoma County.
California’s housing crisis: How much difference will a zoning bill make?
On a few of the vast, verdant lawns in East Sacramento, one of the capital city’s most popular and expensive neighborhoods, yellow-and-black yard signs urge passersby to “save neighborhoods” and keep Sacramento “livable and diverse.” The message symbolizes a big battle taking place at the state Capitol only a few miles away — whether to do away with sacrosanct single-family neighborhoods to address the California housing crisis.
Healdsburg’s too-popular secret beach
A gravel beach upstream from Memorial Bridge has long been a quiet place for meditation and family time. But ‘flash mobs’ drawn by social media have turned it into a crime scene, with loud music, heavy drinking, fights and gunfire. At last law enforcement takes notice.













