West county chef is new director of Farm to Pantry
Healdsburg-based nonprofit Farm to Pantry announced April 14, that hunger relief advocate and restaurateur Duskie Estes will take the reins as the organization’s new executive director.
First public hearing on Mill District next week
Planning commission’s first look at lumber yard redevelopment proposal
Healdsburg residents will see a one-time rate increase for waste services next year
Recology Sonoma Marin, and all other state trash haulers, will be getting more responsibilities due to Senate Bill 1381 and consequently, Healdsburg residents will see a one-time trash rate increase adjustment of 3.3% effective Jan. 1, 2023.
Sebastopol’s Pete Pellini dies
The Pellini family name stood in tall block letters at the center of Sebastopol for almost seven decades, painted over the entrance to the family’s Chevrolet dealership. The name also adorned Little League uniforms, the Ives Park ball field fence and on annual entries...
Photo Gallery: Sisters in demonstration
Members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and friends have been demonstrating every second Saturday evening of the month since June in support of Black Lives Matter and other social justice issues, originally spurred by the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis.
Next county cannabis ordinance update vote is April 15
Following almost seven hours of staff presentations and public comments on March 18 and March 25, Sonoma County’s Planning Commission on April 15 will meet to possibly vote on a slightly revised staff proposal to move forward a series of significant updates to the county’s Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance.
Why isn’t California’s economy adding jobs faster?
As the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of ending, California is still recovering from the most damaging recession since the Great Depression. By October, California had regained only about two-thirds of the 2.7 million jobs lost in the early months of the pandemic.
Alexander Valley School fundraiser, Mar. 4
Spaghetti dinner and auction an annual event in the valley, Mar. 4
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
