Pile driving begins soon at bridge
Steel shells more than 100 feet long to be driven into riverbed
Swimming pools a challenge in drought
Healdsburg does not allow pools to be filled with local drinking water
Cries of the Earth, germs of racism
We have been living in a global village and sharing the same orbiting planet much longer than social scientists have been reminding us, or the first photos from outer space of our fragile blue-green marble confirmed.
A hollow gesture
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors took the easy way out last week, cynically agreeing unanimously to require everyone connected to the county – except themselves – to comply with a living wage increase. Requiring county contractors and grant recipients to raise wages to $15 an hour was a fine thing to do, but exempting the county itself was disappointing, and turned the whole affair into an exercise in self-aggrandizement.
New public art installed in Geyserville and Cloverdale
A new crop of sculptures for the “101 Sculpture Trail” arrived for installation in May, bringing the communities original art pieces from sculptors mainly based in Northern California. The sculptures will remain on display through May of next year. Nineteen new sculptures were installed in Cloverdale and Geyserville, said Joyce Mann, manager of the Sculpture Trail.
Program for at-risk youth expanding to Healdsburg
Program aims to increase high school graduation rates