Windsor’s district elections likely to stay after racial polarization study
Hopes of abandoning the Windsor Town Council’s highly criticized district-based elections system suffered a devastating blow this week, after a study by consultant Best, Best & Krieger (BB&K) found that racially polarized voting does, in fact, occur in Windsor.
Deputies arrest half-dressed Healdsburg man for drugs, starting fires
Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Healdsburg man early Monday morning for unlawfully lighting fires while possessing methamphetamine.
Teaching art across the ages
Sebastopol high school senior Shayla Rose-Brown has always been inspired by her grandmother. Their relationship has had a profound effect on Rose-Brown, but in the last few years she’s become aware of the fact that friendships like this are rare. Her belief that connection across ages is important has led her to take matters into her own hands.
Drinking in Public Rules May Stay Relaxed, Says City
The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission contemplated new rules for public consumption of alcohol at their Feb. 8 meeting, a month after their endorsement of a new set of nonsmoking rules for city parks, which broadly expanded non-smoking areas to include sidewalks and parking...
Brief high-speed chase ends in foot chase and arrest for Healdsburg resident
Weapons, drugs, cash found
Healdsburg High School students demand higher teacher pay
Healdsburg High School students walked out of their classrooms at 10 a.m. on Feb. 19 and marched down to the Plaza demanding better teacher pay for teachers in the Healdsburg Unified School District. The march was led by HHS freshman class president, Jackson Boaz, who led the crowd to the junior high school, the Plaza and around the roundabout.
SoCurious: Meyer lemon tree woes
Q: My young meyer lemon tree’s leaves have black sooty stuff all over them. What do I do to help?
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
