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Renters feeling the squeeze

July 1, 2015

Mass evictions on Prentice, rent increases in older homes rattle local renters

Red will be the dominant color for this weekend’s many red, white and blue Fourth of July celebrations, holiday picnics and weekend outdoor adventures. That is because we are now under a summer-long Red Flag fire safety alert issued by CalFire and others. Hot weather, busy humans and dumb moments are dangerous ingredients for tragedy and loss.

Gourd and Craft Festival June 26-28

June 24, 2015

A tiny scene set inside a gourd nightlight, wine barrel art, jewelry, stained and fused glass, graffiti-style signs, homemade soaps and lotions, craft classes.

Fritz Winery seeks new customers by emphasizing natural bounty

June 24, 2015

Napa earthquake unleashed new water source on property

Duck Dash and Kids’ Parade on July 4 in downtown Plaza

June 24, 2015

On Fourth of July, the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise and the City of Healdsburg are bringing both rubber duckies and families to the Healdsburg Plaza for the second annual combined Duck Dash and Kids’ Parade. The festivities will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the parade beginning at 11 a.m. in the plaza. Admission is free and comes with family activities and games, prizes and live music from the Russian River Ramblers and Jimbo the Clown.

Pile driving begins soon at bridge

June 24, 2015

Steel shells more than 100 feet long to be driven into riverbed

36 years in Geyserville

June 24, 2015

High school principal Katherine Hadden started as a substitute

Swimming pools a challenge in drought

June 24, 2015

Healdsburg does not allow pools to be filled with local drinking water

Cries of the Earth, germs of racism

June 24, 2015

We have been living in a global village and sharing the same orbiting planet much longer than social scientists have been reminding us, or the first photos from outer space of our fragile blue-green marble confirmed.

A hollow gesture

June 17, 2015

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors took the easy way out last week, cynically agreeing unanimously to require everyone connected to the county – except themselves – to comply with a living wage increase. Requiring county contractors and grant recipients to raise wages to $15 an hour was a fine thing to do, but exempting the county itself was disappointing, and turned the whole affair into an exercise in self-aggrandizement.