66.3 F
Healdsburg
December 7, 2025

Marketing wineries

With a 30-year professional background in the local wine industry, including marketing positions at leading Sonoma-Napa wineries, as well as directing tasting rooms and wine clubs, and organizing special events by the score, I would like to make some observations in the context of the current debate over special events at Sonoma County wineries.

It’s not too late

We are on the dawn of the Nov. 4 elections, but even if they were still many weeks away, it would still be too late to vote. Anyway, polling booths are very public places and the danger of catching Ebola could be very high. Plus, random “lone wolf” terrorists are probably lying in wait.

California’s population shrank in 2020, but don’t call it an exodus

The COVID-19 pandemic has done what more than a century of past plagues, recessions, crime waves, droughts and earthquakes couldn’t. 

Applications open for two city commissions

Applications are currently open for seats on two of Cloverdale’s commissions. One position is available for the Sonoma County Library Commission and one alternate position is available on the Planning Commission. Applications for both are due Monday, Feb. 15.

Two days left to donate to Turkey Round-Up

Donations accepted until Nov. 20 to help purchase turkeys, stuffing and pie

Pair of council candidate forums this week

Candidates for Cloverdale City Council will have a busy start to this week, with council candidate forums being hosted on both Monday and Tuesday. Here are the details:

Car chase ends in death in custody

A Petaluma man, David Glen Ward, 52, was driving through west county in his own car in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 27, when he was mistaken for a carjacker and died after a struggle with Sonoma County sheriffs and Sebastopol police.

From fields and hay to curds and whey

Valley Ford Cheese opens a new café and market

Sebastopol residents busted in large county pot raid

A marijuana-growing network was forced to downsize last week

Local school children get a lesson in giving to those in need

Redwood Empire Food Bank holiday food drive
4,780FansLike
1,655FollowersFollow
0FollowersFollow