An annual tradition: The early morning St. Patrick’s Day parade in Healdsburg
A happy horde of pre-dawn revelers chased a solo bagpiper around the Healdsburg Plaza this St. Patrick's Day, March 17. And they called it a parade. In fact, it was the official 23rd annual B&B Lounge St. Patrick's Day Parade replete with a queen, horses, dogs, green-haired Rotarians, sleepy babies, boisterous imbibers, some of Healdsburg's finest and hundreds of less-refined emerald-clothed citizenry. Coffee appeared to be the favored drink on the chilly Saturday morning, but a few pints of Guinness and Irish whiskeys were shared as well. The revelers, as has become a mischievous custom, blared horns and whistles to wake and startle the wine country guests of the plaza-side Hotel Healdsburg, who were spied in their white robes from their balconies unsure of what the street mob below was up to. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all.
Council to discuss economy, roundabout, pensions, survey
The Healdsburg City Council, at two March 19 meetings, will hear a report of the progress of the infrastructure project at the south entrance to downtown, popularly known as the “roundabout project.”
SLIDESHOW: Students walk out in Healdsburg and across Sonoma County
At 10 a.m., students poured from classrooms and into protest mode in communities throughout Sonoma County to demand action to prevent gun violence and to remember the 17 high school students and teachers who lost their lives last month in Florida. This slideshow includes protests (and a few counterprotests) in Sebastopol, Windsor, Healdsburg, and Cloverdale.
Commentary: Consider the rest
When “people of color” are talked about in history and media, the predominant picture that’s imagined is a black person being kicked out of a restaurant or a Mexican person being detained for being here illegally.
Internship presentation highlights value of program
The junior class at Healdsburg High School held its seventh annual Internship Presentation Night on March 7in what has become a tradition of initiation for students preparing for college and careers. The award-winning program is funded in part by the Healdsburg Education Foundation and sets Healdsburg High School apart not only in Sonoma County, but state and nationwide.
Vital Lands Initiative charts next 15 years of open space in Sonoma County
Community meetings scheduled throughout March
County, cities carry on contrarian climate change campaign
As the Trump Administration works to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency and deny human-caused climate change and the State of California keeps suing to preserve west coast environmental protections, the smaller governments of Sonoma County are flying under the radar, steadily attacking their ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by whopping amounts and shifting regional transportation modes and power usage.
