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November 9, 2026

Water Savings without Compromise

Living in the Russian River Watershed is a gardener’s dream come true. However, with California in its fourth year of drought, it is increasingly important that community members act collectively to decrease landscape water usage. Planting low water-use plants at our homes and businesses is one way we can reduce our impacts on this vital resource.

Sebastopol City Council gives RV village the go-ahead

Things are looking up for people living tenuously in their RVs on Morris Street who may move into the RV park village program approved Tuesday, Dec. 7 by the Sebastopol City Council.

COVID cases surging in California a month after reopening

A month after California’s reopening lifted most pandemic restrictions, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, worrying public health officials as they contend with the more infectious Delta variant and the lagging pace of vaccinations in some communities. 

Who’s spending your taxes?

Guess what time it is? It’s time to dig out that shoebox full of crumbled paper receipts, mysterious and unopened forms from the bank and mortgage companies and also retrieve those annual W-2 statements and other miscellaneous pieces of paper labeled “Important Tax Documents Enclosed.” Hot diggity, it’s tax preparation season again.

Scaly dilemma: is it a gopher snake or a rattlesnake?

Proper identification key to safety, for humans and snakes

Police, Sheriff, and Fire Logs

Healdsburg Police Log

Healdsburg council considering proposed West Plaza Parking Lot wine and food event

At their next meeting on June 21, the Healdsburg City Council will consider a request from SD Media Productions for the use of the West Plaza Parking Lot for a proposed three-day Sonoma County food and wine tasting event in 2022.

Not out of the tunnel yet

A month ago, all of Sonoma County’s “public life” was put off limits. No schools, locked parks, barricaded beaches, no dining out or casual shopping trips. Gathering places where conversations and friendships get shared are taboo. Libraries, coffee shops, brewpubs, art galleries and any space smaller than six feet square, are now officially declared uninhabitable.

Powell’s Sweet Shoppe already a hit in Town Green Village

Believe it or not, penny candy is still available, and it's

Students, staff protest Cali music cuts

Members of the Windsor School Board were greeted with chants of
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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.