Vigil for Peace Returns to Healdsburg—Same Time, Same Bus Station
Last Thursday afternoon, the Healdsburg Peace Project reappeared in its traditional spot on Healdsburg Avenue at the bus stop on the Plaza, across from Hotel Healdsburg.
The participants carried flags, banners and signs, all with a common message in favor of peace over conflict, a...
Local Farmers Fight Hunger
Farms around Healdsburg are in full swing. All eggs, herbs and vegetables from Farm to Fight Hunger are given away to local charities to address food insecurity with fresh, local, sustainably-raised produce and protein.
Last year, Bruce Mentzer’s and Anthony Solar’s farm donated nine tons...
Patrick Slayter is Sebastopol’s new(ish) mayor for 2020
The Sebastopol City Council chose Councilmember Patrick Slayter as the town’s mayor for 2020 at the city council meeting on Dec. 3.
Jimenez appointed to mayoral seat, Kelley to serve as vice mayor
Despite going late into the night after a long agenda and a raucous start to the meeting, in the annual reshuffling of the council seats, the Healdsburg City Council selected Vice Mayor Ozzy Jimenez as the new mayor of Healdsburg following a unanimous vote and a nomination by Mayor Evelyn Mitchell. Councilmember Ariel Kelley will serve as the city’s vice mayor.
Retirement Home Residents’ Evacuation Under Fire
By Will Carruthers
A new book provides an in-depth account of the rescue of residents of two opulent Santa Rosa retirement care homes from the rapidly spreading Tubbs Fire in early October 2017.
Families of residents of the Villa Capri and Varenna care homes often shelled...
