Year In Review: COVID-19
Word from the Sonoma County Department of Health Services (DHS) arrived Feb. 26 that an asymptomatic passenger of the Diamond Princess cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19 and was being treated at a hospital in Sonoma County, transferred from Travis Air Force Base in Solano County.
How to look at a bird: A primer for would-be birders
Local birders bring down the house with online lecture on beginning birding
Report warns high fire risk to start in June
The northern California and northern Sonoma County regions have the potential for above normal fire activity starting in June, according to a new report from the National Interagency Fire Center predictive services and CalFire Captain, Robert Foxworthy.
Police Log, July 1 – 7
Crimes and concerns reported to Healdsburg Police Department, between July 1-7. This included the 4th of July week, so there are several reports of illegal fireworks and late-night noises....
Letters, Oct. 17
"We voted on Prop. 12 in 2018 to ban factory farming of the kind promoted by the Yes on Measure J people from outside the county, which was a statewide initiative. It went into full implementation on January 1, 2024. It has barely had the opportunity to go full swing and here we are targeting only Sonoma County. Why?" So asks one reader in our Letter to the Editor column, found online only this week...
Council to ponder fate of controversial Verizon cell tower proposal, new citywide flag policy
Correction: Camille Jones submitted the petition and its signatures on behalf of the signees, resident Brad Drexler authored the petition, not Camille Jones.
Man arrested in Guerneville for criminal threats, robbery
Yesterday morning, Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in Guerneville who threatened multiple people and stole a woman’s phone.













