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How many monkeys does it take to replace a light bulb? The answer is none; monkeys don’t use light bulbs.

The week after the fires, when the full catastrophe was evident, I remarked to friends that this event was a game changer and that for our remaining lives, we would mark life in Sonoma County, “before the fire, and after the fire.”

Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the slideshow of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Sonoma Humane Society, Healdsburg Center.

These news items are gathered from previous issues of the Windsor Times by volunteers of the Windsor Museum and Historical Society

The Healdsburg Avenue Improvement Project’s expected completion date remains to be late summer/early fall. Those of us who drive through the roundabout regularly have seen the steady progress since January, when most of the underground work was completed.

100 years ago – January 16, 1919

100 years ago – August 29, 1918

The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Along hiking trails from Shell Beach to Red Hill this weekend, California’s state flower popped out of coastal grasslands with bright dollops of yellow and orange. Nicknamed “cups of gold” and “Mary’s sunshine cups”—a reference to the ever-cheerful Mary Poppins—these hearty flowers became California’s state flower in 1903.