Fire survivor’s struggle to find respite in senior community highlights housing conflict
Young women voted out of 55 plus community
Preserve to Serve Again
This article was contributed by Kary Hess.
When it comes to the bountiful Sonoma County harvest, the abundance can be too much to eat all at once.
People end up throwing out even their home-grown garden produce. But there is a way to keep all that...
Weird goings-on at Westminster Woods
On Friday, Nov. 15, at 3:40 p.m., Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call from a Westminster Wood employees who said a group of people wearing robes and masks had blocked both entrances to the camp with vehicles, preventing anyone from leaving. One person was reported to have a gun.
Healdsburg Police, Sheriff, and Fire Logs, April 2-8
The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries and the log entries of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department for the Healdsburg area.
Healdsburg Police and Sheriff’s Departments Logs, Sept. 11-17
The following are excerpted from the Healdsburg Police Department daily log and Sonoma County Sheriff Department log entries for the Healdsburg area.
Tuesdays with Donna at Costeaux comes to an end
Great communities like Healdsburg have many legacy institutions and monuments. Some are made of brick or stone and some are humans. At Costeaux French Bakery, a brick and mortar institution itself, there is also a living and smiling institution, and her name is Donna Biasotti.
COVID-19 presents new challenges, and new trash, for annual cleanup
Volunteers removed 130,000 pounds of trash in advance or rainy season
Curbside cuisine: Local eateries get creative to survive the shutdown
You see the signs on restaurants all over town: “curbside pick-up.” Since restaurants were forced to close in March, many have pivoted to phone or online ordering and curbside pick-up. Most offer full meals (and, if their licenses allow, cocktails) boxed up and ready to take home.
Singletree’s Van Praag remembered for her generosity and grilling mastery
Friends and customers of Singletree Café’s Nancy Van Praag these days are remembering her in two different ways. Most are already missing her kitchen mastery, especially her full breakfast plates and her flavorful assortment of barbecued meats. Others are thinking first about her “big heart” and endless generosity to faithful customers, her employees and her adopted Healdsburg community. Van Praag, a native of New York and a Sonoma County resident for 30 years, died Aug. 22 after a long and complicated illness. She was 70 years old.
