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January 17, 2026

Planners to review north area plan, downtown development

The Healdsburg Planning Commission has a busy day next week, with a workshop and a design review on two significant topics.

Community Corner

Street fair, car show and building dedication at HHS, April 29

Guest readers, fundraiser encourage reading at Jefferson

A week of story time has gone virtual for students at Jefferson Elementary, who have guest readers attending their Zoom classes as part of Read Across America this week.

Newspapers becoming nonprofit

To keep local journalism alive, the owners of this newspaper and three other community newspapers in Sonoma County are transferring their ownership to a new nonprofit created to help the papers compete in a 21st century news market defined by online competition and a flood of information that is often free.

Letters to the Editor 7-7-16

One granny’s story

District board reviewing budget, staffing reductions

The Cloverdale Unified School District Board of Trustees’ regular meeting is this Wednesday, March 3. During the meeting, the board will receive the district’s second interim report, take possible action on reducing certain district positions for budgetary reasons and consider accepting the opening of contract negotiations for both the California School Employees Association and with the Teachers Association of Cloverdale for the 2021-22 school year. Additionally, the board will receive reports on Measure H progress, school reopening and the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP).

PG&E inspecting lines for restoration, monitoring conditions for additional shutoff

As this weekend’s major wind event comes to a close, PG&E is hoping to restore power to Sonoma County residents. The company is also monitoring weather that may lead to an additional shutoff.

Military veterans and ALS

My wife, Susan, died from ALS in 2007 and donated her body to research. A few weeks ago, studies found that NFL players are at greater risk of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).  Papers like this one ran stories about the news and rightfully so. But with Veterans Day approaching on Sunday November 11, how many of us know that a much, much larger segment of our population — military veterans — also is at greater risk of Lou Gehrig’s Disease?

Candidate Sees Divided Future for Healdsburg

The writer was the youngest candidate for city council since Mike McGuire ran in 2004. He came in third in the three-way race for the open 2-year seat. I stayed positive throughout the election, but I'm not surprised by the results. Marketing was my biggest...

Letters to the Editor 3-13-14

Full throttle noise
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