Healdsburg High students contributing to fire relief
CASA students will be helping construct furniture and housing for displaced for victims
SLIDESHOW: Halloween in Healdsburg Plaza
Downtown Healdsburg merchants continued the annual tradition of welcoming youngsters (and their families) downtown to walk around the Plaza and collect treats.
SLIDESHOW: Halloween at HES and Healdsburg Charter
Healdsburg Elementary and Healdsburg Charter School held its annual Halloween parade this morning. Pirates, superheroes, zombies and firefighters were all in attendance. Healdsburg’s downtown merchants will welcome children from 4 to 6 p.m. today for the annual downtown Halloween trick or treating.
SLIDESHOW: Dia de los Muertos
Hundreds of people came out to honor the dead and celebrate the living for Corazon Healdsburg's Dia de los Muertos celebration. There were marigold altars, Aztec dancers, face painting, friends laughing, family and community gathering all together! It was splendid.
Breweries join forces to raise money in wake of fires
Within a day of waking up to the devastation and fear caused by the fires, several local breweries had come up with a plan to create a special brew in support of those affected. Richard Norgrove, owner and brewmaster of The Bear Republic Brewing Company got a phone call at 2 a.m. in Oregon from his head brewer Rob Kent. He knew something was wrong, but that was just the start of it.
Healthcare Foundation report shows deficits in north county care
Healdsburg somewhat ahead of the curve, Geyserville somewhat behind
Fires highlight critical weaknesses in communication infrastructure
On the first night of the fires in Sonoma County, large swaths of the region lost cell phone coverage and internet connectivity, as Verizon and Comcast coverage took a big hit. At the height of the destruction, as many as 77 cell towers were taken off the grid. Despite swift reaction times from the providers, the loss of communications was costly in the first, most hectic hours of the firestorm.
What’s that red stuff coming down from the sky?
A dual purpose: fire retardant suppresses fire, encourages growth
Fire hits home at Healdsburg Hospital
Hospital workers who mobilized during the fires, now need help themselves
Commentary: Felta Creek still threatened and more precious than ever
A precious gem of coho salmon habitat just became more rare and special. Felta Creek watershed did not burn in the firestorm, but a whole lot of Sonoma County’s forest and wildlife habitat did. The streams that flow through the burned areas of the Russian River watershed are perhaps irreparably damaged. They will still carry water but without the shade of surrounding trees, that water will be warmer, will dry up earlier and erosion from the scorched hillsides will choke spawning gravels with fine sediment.
