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November 5, 2026

Harvest Fair Sweepstakes Winners: Balletto Pinot and Davis Family Winery Chardonnay

Guy Davis and his wine-making family were all out late last Sunday night even though they knew they needed to get up by 3 a.m. to pick ripening syrah grapes from their vineyard.

Sebastopol farm becomes grounds for rediscovering Afro-Indigenous permaculture

It’s not business as usual at EARTHseed Farm, 14-acres in Sebastopol stewarded with permaculture traditions of African and Indigenous peoples.

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Walbridge Fire not immediate threat to Windsor, continues lower Russian River area

Update 6:21 p.m.: According to Mayor Dominic Foppoli announced in the town council meeting that he has been told that at present there is no anticipated threat to Windsor.

Sebastopol council wants to create a ‘People’s Lane’ down Main

Support also voiced for local small business loan program

School board members sworn in

Heitz and Dobbins take seats; Forrest undecided

Kelley Announces Bid for Assembly

The news that Jim Wood would not seek reelection to his 2nd Assembly District seat came as a surprise to his constituents last week. But the ink was hardly dry on the Nov. 10 press release when several North Coast politicians announced they would...

Food bank needs help amid increased demand

Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) has been providing the equivalent of over 80,000 meals to people in need per day, a 50% increase up from last year, and with the drastic change in demand, the organization says they are in dire need of more funds, food and volunteers.

Gallery: Cloverdale Class of 2021

Seniors from Cloverdale High School and Johanna Echols-Hansen Continuation High School walked across the Cloverdale stage on Friday, June 11, leaving the Cloverdale district behind them as they head into the next step in their lives. 

It’s time to plant a rain garden

The term “rain garden” is being used more and more by landscape architects and gardeners alike. It is a fanciful term that conjures images of a garden that magically creates rain. What a rain garden is, however, is one of many landscape features that fits into the category of “low impact development for storm water” or LID. Like many other LID features, rain gardens gather, hold, filter, and slow storm water runoff.
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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.