Steelhead Festival welcoming the splash
Wild steelhead trout are splashing their way back up the Russian River to Lake Sonoma where the end to a long migration will again be celebrated by the Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival.
School board rebuffs plan to lay off teachers
The Windsor Unified School Board called a special meeting last
County vaccination plans for school staff coming together
Familiar north county face leads vaccination efforts for school personnel
Questions on the Fourth
File this editorial under, “careful what you wish for.” As a nation, we just celebrated our Independence Day. Just before that, a few thousand Sonoma County high school seniors took their first steps toward adulthood and independence. All of us are emerging from a year-plus of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. A few of us are swearing by our independence to not be forced to vaccinate. And, all those 3- and 4-year-olds under our feet keep letting us know that one definition of independence is the ability to say “no.”
Recap: St. Paddy’s in Healdsburg
I'm seeing rave reviews all around from the St. Patrick's Day parade and street party that took over downtown Healdsburg on Sunday morning. Our local St. Paddy's tradition was started a few decades ago by the former owner of the bygone B&B dive bar...
Windsor shows off its SMART station
The official arrival of SMART to its new station in Windsor was met by well over 1000 residents, neighbors and on-stage engineers and politicians who helped bring Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit service to what is now its northern terminus, the Town of Windsor.
Healdsburg’s New Movie Theater Set to Open in 2025
At last, construction kicked off this month on the True West Film Center near the plaza, behind the old Bear Republic brewpub space — thanks in large part to an “anonymous donation” of $1 million to the cause, according to the Press Democrat. Healdsburg’s new, two-story movie theater...
Foundation announces teacher grants
The John Jordan Foundation announced 116 grants for its 2017 Teacher’s Wishes Grant program across Sonoma County.













