Editorial

Editor: This is a letter of thanks to two beautiful young ladies

Measure R, Healdsburg’s voter-defeated housing plan, has left city leaders and attuned citizens scratching their heads and wondering why it lost and what will come next, if anything, to address a severe local housing crisis.

Living in the Russian River Watershed is a gardener’s dream come true. However, with California in its fourth year of drought, it is increasingly important that community members act collectively to decrease landscape water usage. Planting low water-use plants at our homes and businesses is one way we can reduce our impacts on this vital resource.

Prompted by leaders of the Healdsburg Farmers¹ Market, a public

The people of Sonoma County, according to various surveys and census reports, possess above average traits in spiritualism, tolerance and philanthropy but attend church and religious services less frequently than their counterparts in other parts of the country.

Editor: I am sorry I was not able to attend the November 2nd

The March 10 commentary piece “The elephant in the room” brought to mind a quote attributed to a U.S. Army officer in Vietnam concerning a military operation there. “It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it.”