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August 25, 2026

Graton’s Lee Walker Jr. remembered at large memorial service

Many people have shaped the apple growing industry of western Sonoma County over almost 150 years. They have put down deep roots in their orchards and beneath their family trees. They have been the primal forces that have met and endured both nature’s surprises and multiple market upheavals with multi-generational resolve and resourcefulness. All these individuals possessed many strengths and talents but only one was endowed with a major-league worthy fastball and a knee-crippling curveball. And that farmer-pitcher was Graton’s Lee F. Walker Jr.

Commentary: Finding normal

On the first day of high school, everyone wants to be normal. From finding the right friend group to simply finding the next classroom, we overthink every single thing as we try to find our niche in this nerve-racking place.

Garden on The Green

Windsor’s new community garden is taking root outside City Hall

Newsman George Snyder dies at 68

George Snyder, a veteran newspaperman and dedicated conservationist who ended his prolific writing career chronicling the West County for the Sonoma West Times & News, died Thursday, Jan. 10.

Healdsburg Police Logs: April 12-18

MONDAY, APRIL 12

Stand up

— Rollie Atkinson

Managing the public sector

With this year’s elections fast approaching both candidates for the 4th Supervisorial District, James Gore and Deb Fudge have represented that they possess the knowledge and skills necessary to manage Sonoma County’s public sector and its problems, one of which is the gorilla in the room—unfunded pension liabilities.

Dramatic chase leads to fugitive capture at Friendly Feed

Suspects is from Healdsburg

Sebastopol Police Logs, Sept. 20-26

The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.

Corazón to offer free emergency preparedness workshops

In their most recent “Community Conversation” on July 15, Corazón Healdsburg announced that it will be offering a series of free online emergency preparedness classes in both English and Spanish with Nuestra Comunidad, a local nonprofit that helps educate folks on emergency and disaster preparedness through public outreach and training.
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