Pie Parade
Pie parade -- Pie bakers and eaters converged on the Healdsburg Plaza last week for a flash mob pie parade. Dozens of pies arrived and were paraded around the Plaza with an accordion accompanist, then the pies were admired and swiftly eaten.
Photos: Flood views from a drone
Gabriel Patino took these photos using his drone during the flooding on Feb. 27. They are taken from above Kennedy Lane and Presidential Circle.
Letters to the Editor, March 7
People are still talking about that Vertice meeting on Feb. 7 - and what it means for the future of a livable downtown. All this and more in Letters from our readers.
GranFondo coming to Sonoma County on Sept. 30
County, city roads expected to be clogged Saturday morning
Citrus Fair Worker Takes a Tumble
A worker for Butler Amusements was injured on Friday morning, Feb. 17, before the Cloverdale Citrus Fair threw open its gates for 2023. The worker was helping set up the Ferris wheel, and witnesses reported on social media that he tumbled from one of...
Sebastopol’s mayor has had the same pet – a tortoise – for 56 years
When animal lovers say that having a pet is a lifetime commitment, they’re usually thinking 15 to 20 years for a dog or cat, maybe 30 years for a horse.
Hospitals prepare for surge in virus cases
Sonoma County residents are being told to expect a rising wave of COVID-19 infection cases over the coming weeks, while local public health officials and hospitals prepare for the worst. That involves the county’s six acute care hospitals and numerous community health clinics scrambling to find spaces for hundreds of extra patient beds. Inventories of PPDs (personal protection devices), COVID-19 test kits and life-saving ventilators are being assembled. What that future COVID-19 “surge” will look like will depend on hundreds, if not thousands, of individual vantage points.
