Sculpture trail is celebrating International Sculpture Day on April 24
Zoom interviews, write-ups will honor local ceramicist Joe Hawley
Plaza Gourmet gets new owner
When east coast native Michelle McConnell would visit Healdsburg with her 4-month-old baby in tow, she would walk past Plaza Gourmet and peer into the window, thinking maybe someday she would become the owner of the quaint cookware store. Now, after years of dreaming, McConnell made that thought a reality when she took over ownership of Plaza Gourmet this past summer.
Stubborn raptors rebuild nest atop utility pole
Ospreys make home on PG&E pole despite company efforts to move nest
Police Log, July 1-17
Monday, July 1
7:53am The Reporting Party (RP) wanted a person in the bathroom at Quail & Condor to leave. The person had a guitar with her. An officer responded, but the subject was gone on arrival (GOA) and unable to be located (UTBL).
1:08pm The...
Commentary: Felta Creek still threatened and more precious than ever
A precious gem of coho salmon habitat just became more rare and special. Felta Creek watershed did not burn in the firestorm, but a whole lot of Sonoma County’s forest and wildlife habitat did. The streams that flow through the burned areas of the Russian River watershed are perhaps irreparably damaged. They will still carry water but without the shade of surrounding trees, that water will be warmer, will dry up earlier and erosion from the scorched hillsides will choke spawning gravels with fine sediment.
School district sells last of Measure H bonds
Last month, the Cloverdale Unified School District sold the last set of bonds related to Measure H, the general obligation bond measure that was approved by Cloverdale voters in November 2018.
Flashbacks
100 years ago – March 30, 1922
Fine monuments for two Italians
Beautiful marble mausoleums will be erected to the memory of the late Angelo Lencioni and John Foppiano, leaders among the local Italian colony, and among the foremost men of the northern part of the...
