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Dog owners encounter likeminded folks in this dog-friendly town, and thus I met Suki right on my block as she walked her poodles while carrying a two-pound Chihuahua in a sling ‘round her neck. During that brief conversation I became anxious to learn more.

This Week in H’burg is a weekly column featuring photos and fun facts from local photographer Pierre Ratté. Each week we’ll feature a new photo from Ratté along with a fact about the subject matter of the photo.

This Week in H’burg is a weekly column featuring photos and fun facts from local photographer Pierre Ratté. Each week we’ll feature a new photo from Ratté along with a fact about the subject matter of the photo.

It has been almost 30 years since Rodney King made his iconic plea of “Can’t we all just get along?” following days of violent rioting across Los Angeles that left 63 people dead. The riots were ignited by the dismissal of charges against four L.A. cops who were videotaped bashing King’s head and body with 63 blows from their billy clubs.

I went to the Robert Ferguson Observatory on Saturday evening. So did a lot of other people. The gathering was to see a rare event, the aurora borealis. Usually, northern lights are confined to latitudes far north of Sonoma County. But if you were...

Without a pandemic or a severely hobbled economy, Sonoma County is still a wonderful place to live. Let’s pray that all that wonderfulness soon blooms in full once again. But we cannot go back in time, even if we wanted to, and we know our Sonoma County is being permanently changed in unknown ways, as we stay masked and panicky. Meanwhile, think good thoughts.