Healdsburg’s Christmases past and present
Just like Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Healdsburg has witnessed Christmases of the past, present and future. The centerpiece of Christmas Present is the majestic, bejeweled and lighted tree erected in the Plaza by the city and the tourism improvement district. It is a stunning addition to the town’s bustling crosswalks. Healdsburg’s Christmas Future will be the one celebrated without masks and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. And, Healdsburg’s Christmases Past hold many tales of earlier spirits, cherished memories and a few episodes almost lost to history.
Year in Review: Crime
Over the next couple of weeks, SoCoNews is reviewing the past year in Sebastopol and west county.
Raising awareness and collecting donations to address ‘period poverty’
This Sunday, on Valentine’s Day, the Analy Mental Health Club will be collecting feminine hygiene products and new and lightly used bras at Rust Boutique in the Barlow between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Sebastopol vitality study finds ‘stunning’ results
Many people agree that Sebastopol is “unique” in the many ways they choose to define the open-minded community with traditional small town traditions and evolving progressive tendencies. What a recent Business Survey Report found out is the city is not so unique when comparing current economic challenges and the impacts of external forces like online shopping and non-local large corporation competition. The threats to small town retail and local economic vitality are being repeated across the country — and existed before the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Sebastopol’s grand dame of history dies at 80
Gloria Roberts led the historical society for many years
Staying behind in Guerneville
Uncertainty lingered this week over what it means when Sonoma County issues a “mandatory evacuation order,” like the one during the height of the Kincade wildfire.
Paul Cronin hired as new Jags football coach
Cardinal Newman icon comes to Windsor after 18 years at the school
The dark, silly, twisted side of Healdsburg’s history
When you walk into the Healdsburg Museum to visit the new
Paying tribute, Sept. 11
9/11 — A thoughtful memorial was held at the Cloverdale Fire Protection District on Sept. 11 to pay tribute to the many lives that were lost 18 years ago in the terror attacks at the Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon.
