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The town of Geyserville grew by more than 4,000 people the Saturday after Thanksgiving when the annual Tree Lighting and Tractor Parade rumbled down its main street. The small community celebration that started in 2010 has exploded in popularity and this year featured 40 official entries, plus a visit from Santa Claus and State Senator Mike McGuire. The parade is sponsored by the Geyserville Chamber of Commerce, local merchants and the Geyserville Volunteer Fire Association.

Survey for hazard mitigation

Seven days a week, San Francisco’s public health laboratory operates until midnight. Workers are exhausted, their director says. And still, the COVID-19 specimens keep coming in their little plastic tubes, with test results expected quickly to help manage California’s alarming surge of infections.

Sonoma County was added to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus county watchlist Friday, July 10, joining 29 other counties in the state, according to the county’s health officer, Dr. Sundari Mase. Being placed on the watchlist is one of the first steps in a series of actions that could have certain businesses in the county shutting back down in as soon as three days, should case numbers not improve.

New lieutenant

Farms around Healdsburg are in full swing. All eggs, herbs and vegetables from Farm to Fight Hunger are given away to local charities to address food insecurity with fresh, local, sustainably-raised produce and protein.  Last year, Bruce Mentzer’s and Anthony Solar’s farm donated nine tons...

Food For Thought drive-thru food drive at Redwood Marketplace in Sebastopol on Thursday, June 11