West county soroptimists search for past members to memorialize, seeking community help
Elizabeth Smith and Bobbie Larson sat in the gazebo at Ragle Ranch Regional Park on a crisp October morning, poring over scrapbooks and scanning newspaper cutouts of the Sebastopol Soroptimist Club dating back to the early 1950s.
Judge issues tentative ruling in favor of city
Judge expected to issue final ruling in California River Watch case in about 90 days
Local nurse joins Fonda’s climate rally
Sebastopol resident Mary Wyman was arrested on Dec. 20 for civil disobedience in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. Wyman was one of 600 individuals marching at a Fire Drill Friday rally, an event created by Jane Fonda to call attention to the climate crisis.
Exhibit: Women who paved the way
The West County Museum is highlighting local trailblazers with its new “Extraordinary Local Women” exhibit. The exhibit includes information about local women who were the first women to do what they did, from the first female Sebastopol mayor to the first Sebastopol Times editor to the first woman to vote in Sonoma County. The exhibit opens on Thursday, Dec. 5, and has a grand opening on Saturday, Dec. 7.
Some cranky math
Our California drought is a tangle of mathematics problems. And, so far, it doesn’t look like the numbers are adding up. Facing our worst drought in 120 years, we know the severe lack of rain will require a lot of subtraction and sacrifice. This math test is no longer optional. Last week, Gov. Brown made it mandatory and we all have to save a minimum of 25 percent over previous rates of water usage.
Windsor man arrested for running ex-girlfriend off the road in Healdsburg
Rammed her vehicle and pushed her off the road
First public hearing on Mill District next week
Planning commission’s first look at lumber yard redevelopment proposal
More memories of the Armory
Each time the Healdsburg Armory comes up in our outstanding local newspaper, I am saddened by the omissions of a very significant phase of its history.












