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Patrons at the April 13 Boys & Girls Club benefit auction at Healdsburg’s Villa Chanticleer should not be blamed for feeling a bit lost or stuck in a déjà vu moment.

This is part of a series on the making of the Cloverdale Sculpture Trail.

Months ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom, target of a disgruntled developer and facing a recall campaign while managing extraordinary wildfire storms, COVID-19 and worsening drought, called for a voluntary water conservation effort that initially targeted only Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Not too much later, as the greatest reservoirs in the state came closer to reaching their lowest levels, Newsom ultimately placed the entire state under voluntary limits of 15%, while never calling for mandatory ones. In the meantime, water levels went down, down, down.

“This is a passion project for both of us,” Kat Escamilla said about Portico, a new Italian restaurant in downtown Sebastopol that she opened with her partner Paolo Pedrinazzi in late December.

Santa Rosa police have arrested four people—three men and a Healdsburg woman—who were allegedly involved in a wide-ranging scam in which the police said they laundered $7.8 million in 2022. Police said they spent 12 months investigating the crimes, beginning in September 2022, when they received...

Low-income Healdsburg residents who participate in the City Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program will now have 100% of their electric bill taken care of by the city for the next three months, until June, in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the financial stress it may cause families.

As the old saying goes, “A cup of tea makes everything better,” and Russian River Tea Company owner Holly Hunt is working to bring the comfort of tea to Sonoma County health care workers.

In response to evolving state law mandating local governments to protect the health of rivers, officials in Sonoma County are exploring new standards for how it issues permits for new wells. The county Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Aug. 9 on the...