From Healdsburg to Monterey — Bay Area’s jazz wave is spreading
The wave of jazz music that just washed over the North Bay during the 10 days of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival will continue to ascend and flow all summer throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, culminating, as it’s done every year since 1958 at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Sept. 16-18.
Kiff Named Director of County’s New Homelessness Services Division
Dave Kiff, a Healdsburg resident with more than 40 years of experience in state and local government, has been named director of the county’s new Homelessness Services Division within the Department of Health Services (DHS).
In June, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved moving...
Last call at Salvation Army – former orphanage sold
Brian Soward and his friend Casey (above) bought one of the “Sallie’s” signs as the Salvation Army facility on Lytton Springs Road closed for good on Saturday.
Duck Dash and Kids’ Parade on July 4 in downtown Plaza
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.
Commentary: Reflecting on the first day of school
I remember that morning so clearly. She was far more calm than my wife and I were … it was hard not to tear up. We were dropping our daughter off for the first day of Kindergarten.
