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February 18, 2026

Teacher equity

Since the June 10th ruling in the education-equity case, Vergara v. California by Judge Rolf M. Treu, where he essentially agreed with the plaintiffs—nine California students—that the state’s laws governing teacher tenure and dismissal unfairly saddle disadvantaged and minority students with weaker teachers, tenure reform has become a hot-button item.

Bluebird property to be developed as high-density mixed-use

Citing the need for affordable housing and the prohibitive costs of requisite renovations, the Town of Windsor will proceed with high-density mixed-use development plans at the Bluebird Center site.

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 4, 2018

We love to hear from readers. If you're interested in submitting a letter to the editor, please email editor Laura Hagar Rush at [email protected].

Budget numbers better than anticipated, reach code decision pushed off for further review

Though there were three items on the agenda for the Nov. 18 Windsor Town Council, the meeting began with the report that one of the items, a first reading of a repeal of the town’s all-electric reach code, was being continued to a later date.

Torture orchard: Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?

There’s a hive of PhDs at the University of California at Davis who are working to reinvent food production in the Golden State. Researchers have fanned out across the globe collecting rare plant samples; others are grafting Frankenstein trees and stitching together root systems of plums and peaches to create better almond and walnut trees.

Healdsburg Police Logs: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2021

MONDAY, SEPT. 27

Dwights and Seppis honored at annual Wetzel award luncheon

A common path shared by a relocated couple and a multi-generation Healdsburg family was celebrated at the seventh annual Wetzel Leadership Award Luncheon last week at the Vintners Inn in front of a sold out crowd.

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month

This September, Sonoma County Library joins the American Library Association (ALA) and public libraries nationwide to celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month and remind everyone that libraries can be the key to academic success and lifelong learning.

How Arata Lane got its name

Legacy of an Italian-Spanish-Mexican-American family

Louise Hallberg, the Butterfly Lady, has died at 100

Louise Hallberg, an internationally known expert on butterflies who turned her family home near Graton into a sanctuary for the colorful, fluttering creatures, has died.
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