Remembering the fallen
Memorial Day and Veterans Day can often seem interchangeable. Both days are marked by solemn reflection on the service of military members. The main difference in my life has been usually that I got Memorial Day off, but never Veterans Day. Â
Our unnamed legacy
The oldest people in Sonoma County can remember the days of Prohibition (1920-1933) and we still have a cluster of World War II survivors who can tell stories about food and gas rationing and local coastal blackouts to hide from Japanese submarines. Our most elder Baby Boomers can recall when the county’s population almost doubled between 1950 and 1970, from 103,405 to 204,885. (Today’s population is 486,000.)
Gallery: North county heads to Cloverdale for safety expo
North county community members came to Cloverdale Citrus Fair on Aug. 7 for the Northern Sonoma County Fire and Earthquake Safety Expo.
‘Grandmother’s Victorian Cottage’ Gets a Facelift
The hundreds of trick or treaters who paraded down Johnson Street early last week once again had to pass by the slightly ominous, unoccupied, overgrown Queen Anne sitting darkly in the shadows on the corner of Grant. It makes a fittingly creepy gateway for...
Who gets a Golden State stimulus check? When?
If you didn’t qualify for the first round of California’s $600 Golden State Stimulus checks, you might have another chance.
In Memoriam: Arline Smith
Longtime Healdsburg resident Arline Hotle Smith passed away last month at age 89. She and her husband of 62 years, Bill, "moved to Healdsburg with their three children in 1976," according to her obituary. They were known to "travel extensively on their boat, circling...
HHS track closing for construction
Starting Friday, June 1, the running track and the sports field at Healdsburg High School will be closed until the fall for reconstruction. Current unscheduled uses, like jogging and walking, will not be permitted.









