Gallery: Fun on the Fourth
Healdsburg residents celebrated the Fourth of July on a sunny Sunday at the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise’s annual Fourth of July event in the Plaza.
Sebastopol City Council preview
Council discussing moving to next stage of water conservation
Peacetown opening at the Barlow this week
Sebastopol’s summer concert series, Peacetown, is heading to the Barlow this year for a multi-stage summer music and art series every Wednesday evening from July 7 to Sept. 8. From 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., musicians will be taking the stage at the Barlow event center, as well as at Crooked Goat Brewing, Woodfour/Fernbar and Community Market.
It’s a date: Newsom recall election set for Sept. 14
California voters will decide on Sept. 14 whether to throw Gov. Gavin Newsom out of office, making him the second governor in state history — and just the fourth nationwide — to face a recall.Â
Wrapping up the year and planning for the next at WUSD
At the last meeting before their July break, the Windsor Unified School District focused on finishing up the previous year’s business and getting ready for the coming year, alongside some program and support plans for students in the coming year.
How the Cloverdale Arts Alliance managed a year without in-person events
Now that the world is returning to semi-normalcy, Sonoma County has seen an uptick in arts and entertainment events planned for the summer. Even though the pandemic has wreaked havoc on many businesses, nonprofits like the Cloverdale Arts Alliance (CAA) have stayed afloat and are committed to putting on their popular events again in 2021.
Flashbacks
The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Forestville’s Franceschi retires
Groups of Forestville Fire constituents dropped by on Chief Dave Franceschi’s last day of duty in the last week of June to salute his many decades of service to the community.
Breakthrough COVID is rare in California
About 7,550 out of more than 19.5 million Californians who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have contracted the disease, a minuscule percentage that provides strong evidence of the vaccines’ effectiveness, according to state data.

















