Flooding douses fiery planning meeting
An intense and sometimes heated conversation at the Healdsburg Planning Commission meeting came to an abrupt halt due to flooding concerns.
Thriller to be partially filmed in Healdsburg
Psychological thriller will have scenes filmed in town, Sonoma Coast
Q&A with Windsor mayoral candidates, part one
2020 marks the first year that Windsor will be participating in district elections, and the first time they will be voting for an at-large mayor.
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.
County officials announce vaccine milestone, call for an increase in supply
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the state on March 27, asking for an increase in vaccine allocations for the county. While county officials are emphasizing that county allocations of the vaccine have remained flat over the past month, it also announced this week that 25% of county residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 45% of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Up in the air?
One might say that the current dispute about a flight school at the Healdsburg Municipal Airport is simply a NIMBY issue by folks who live near the airport. The rest of you could say, “It doesn’t affect me”….or does it?
Winter wonderland
Winter wonderland — An uncharacteristic blanket of snow hugged the eastern hills on Feb.5 as an arctic weather system dropped snow levels to a few hundred feet. The Geysers, Mount St. Helena and other peaks gleamed white in the morning sun as freezing temperatures descended on the area.
Some religious thing
I do not intend the following to be mere nostalgia, but rather a description of a safer world in which a teenaged boy would not likely be shot by a police officer.












