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August 11, 2026

Filling our ‘meal gap’

Sometimes we feel embarrassed by all our daily blessings, the many comforts, natural riches and compassionate community we share here in our part of Sonoma County. All our troubles are small, where real help usually comes before we ask for it. We know we are blessed and we know better than to take it for granted. At our best, we are like farmers who pray not so much for rain or good weather, but for the strength to put in another full day’s honest work.

Changes bookend the WUSD meeting

The Dec. 1 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees started and ended with some monumental changes.

Police Log, Dec. 2 – 8

Police Station
Residents and others are encouraged to call Police Dispatch as needed at (707) 431-3377, operational 24/7 Monday, Dec. 2 11:24am A vehicle was stopped at Simi Winery on Healdsburg Avenue for violating vehicle registration rules. A 56-year-old (YO) man was cited for possessing false identification, driving...

Custom home subdivision proposed for Grove Street

The Healdsburg Planning Commission will get a look at a proposed 30-lot subdivision on Grove Street next week, and the property owner is promoting the project as a nod to the past.

Utility Box Artist Spotlight: Aida Herrera-Keehn and Paula Acevedo

The Town of Windsor’s new utility box painting program called Discovering Windsor Through Art aims to help beautify the community and is dedicated to exhibiting the visual arts outside the constraints of museums or galleries. The 2021 theme of “community healing” is designed to highlight the resiliency of Windsor and help the community heal through public art.

Some Healdsburg Residents Still Conserving Water

A TV news crew from CBS stopped by our little town during the recent storm to explore a clever news angle. "One Sonoma County town remembers three years ago, when their water supply almost ran dry," the CBS anchor says in the resulting segment....

Developers show range of ideas

Merit Presentation draws mixed use, affordable and

County aligns local health order with state

Changes issued by state, including the opening of nail salons, will immediately be effective at county level

In Memoriam: Doc Cummings, Beloved Busker

Healdsburg’s most familiar busker, the inimitable Doc Cummings, has passed away in his early 70s, according to friends and family on Facebook. His name was Donald O. Cummings, but he reportedly went by his initials — “Doc” — for short. I’m not sure how Doc died,...

Teachers and district work together to pass high school parcel tax

In the aftermath of a bruising year-long labor dispute with teachers, the board of the West Sonoma County Union High School District voted unanimously on Nov. 20 to add a $79 parcel tax measure to the March 2020 ballot. The measure will raise approximately $1.81 million a year for the next eight years if passed.
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