Green shoots in area vineyards signal start of springtime later this week
Grapevines in the Russian River Valley and other sunnier climes are waking up right now as the earliest green shoots and buds are emerging at the ends of woody canes, heralding a normal start to the 2021 growing season and reminding everyone that spring officially begins this Saturday, March 20. Pictured is a chardonnay vine and bud located in a Westside Road vineyard just outside Healdsburg’s city limits and near Dry Creek.
Cloverdale City Council selects Cruz as mayor, Lands as vice mayor
Cruz will serve as the city’s first Latina mayor
River Parade of Lights will roll Sunday night, Dec. 22
Guerneville’s annual holiday Parade of Lights rolls through town on schedule this Sunday night, Dec. 22, starting around 7 p.m. after having been postponed earlier owing to bad weather and fund-raising challenges.
Students create biodegradable art
A member of the San Mateo MakerFaire RainWorks team threw water on what appeared to be just sidewalk; suddenly, a stenciled phrase appeared reading “Be Kind.” Onlookers were wowed, including arts integration teacher Ann Weber, of The Healdsburg School. She knew her students would be interested in making “invisible ink” templates, with a shape that they had cut out of cardboard and sprayed with the hydrophobic paint would suddenly appear when wet. Middle school students at the Healdsburg School teamed with buddies from the Boys and Girls Club to create the stencils together. The following week, in mid-February, students walked to the Healdsburg Plaza to complete the project by spraying the designs.
Local homeless funds threatened with cuts
Countywide group seeks to back-fund Joe Rodota Trail camp relocation
