The Ruse fends off added conditions
The phrase “good neighbor” dominated the conversation like a motif in Mozart, with each side clearly on different sides of the definition. Team Ruse persistently argued their plans had been vetted by the state and national health organizations, and met local ordinances. For the appellants, however, being a good neighbor meant something different: outreach, compromise and keeping promises.
Healdsburg gets a ‘B’ for smoking efforts
Lung Association’s annual ‘report card’ reflects mixed success in protecting residents from secondhand smoke
SLIDESHOW: A long night in the vineyard
Harvest crews picked 41 tons of grapes at the Corazón del Rio vineyard on Eastside Road in a single night on September 8. The crews started at 9 p.m. and worked until dawn. The photo above was taken at about 4:30 a.m. The harvest workers were in their ninth hour of picking and showed no sign of tiring. The grapes will be made into Ferrari-Carano Russian River Chardonnay.
Collaboration helps fund field trips
The Healdsburg Education Foundation (HEF) is teaming up with the Healdsburg Elementary/Charter PTO and the Healdsburg Kiwanis Club to fully fund field trip opportunities for all local public elementary school students from kindergarten through fifth grade.
Suspect in Safeway parking lot shooting arrested
Anakin Daniel Roy Taylor, the suspect in a Sebastopol Safeway shooting that left one person injured, was arrested on Nov. 5 in Reno, Nevada by the United States Marshals and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
One-on-one with the new county sheriff
Mark Essick talks about building transparency through community connections
