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July 17, 2026

Have a slow Christmas

T’was the night before Christmas and all things were a Twitter. Yes, the mice, all the other creatures and the rest of the house was abuzz and full of clattering. The stockings were not hung by the chimney with care; they were overstuffed with “stuff.” When was it that getting through Christmas Eve started feeling like making it to the finish line of a race?

2014 Year in Review part 1: a summery of Jan. through June

Part one of our annual news roundup covers January through June. Part two, covering July through December, will appear next week.

Hwy 101 set to get $67 million fix

Dubbed “The Big Pave,” a new project will be under way in the New Year to permanently fix the 14-mile stretch of Highway 101 between Windsor and Geyserville.

Mini hospitals on wheels

New ambulance equipment transforms emergency care

Family decorates tree to share story

Tucked among the festive display at Windsor’s Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove, a single tree with purple ornaments shares insight into a life that, one year ago, Cheryl and Jayson Blakley would have never pictured for themselves.

Virtual Reality

Did I read it someplace, or did I just dream it? At this stage of life it’s sometimes hard to tell the difference, but somehow I got the impression that older people are now forming virtual retirement villages. These villages exist on the Internet by means of social media, I believe.

The return of the rains

Last week’s rains lived up to their advanced billing. All parts of Sonoma County got a real soaking from a bona fide Pacific storm, the kind of blowing and hard downpours that have always marked our northern California winters. The average annual rainfall over...

Fire officials offer safety tips for winter

Cold-weather fire triggers include chimneys, holiday decorations

Local mom provides homemade baby food service

Imagine: homemade, preservative-free baby food for your child that you don’t have to make yourself. Windsor resident Tanya Valentine offers just the thing- a homemade baby food service. The service, called Urban Baby Food, offers four stages of food starting with children four months of age, and is designed for the first year of their lives, although Valentine can customize food for other ages.

School board members sworn in

Heitz and Dobbins take seats; Forrest undecided
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