Harvest rights
This week’s newspaper includes our annual Harvest Edition. For the past several decades we have provided this extended coverage of the year’s growing season, the work and weather, the people and the crops and the other news that are part of the latest chapter of Sonoma County’s agricultural heritage.
Geyserville Fall Colors Festival & Vintage Car Show
Scarecrows, music, pancakes and pumpkins set for Oct. 25
Deadly soda fountains? – enforcing regulations on hidden restaurant hazard
CO2 canisters pose potential danger
Carson Warner Memorial Skatepark committee passes the torch
Dedicated parents and volunteers reflect on successful community effort
Historic marijuana legislation
Comprehensive state bill package regulates medical cannabis. No dispensaries allowed in Healdsburg
Changing seasons
The seasons are changing at this time of the year and some of the changes are more apparent than others. The sun is lower in the sky, mornings are cooler and Daylight Savings Time ends soon. October’s colors are spectacular and the foliage of the trees and vineyards are the most visible reminders of the changing days ahead.
Fear of “Big Wine” influence on ‘Local Coastal Plan’ ignites activists
County staff says new language in plan does not allow unfettered growth of event and wine destinations