Off the Top of My Head Teacher Strikes Disgust Me
All across America teachers are going on or threatening to go on strike and it disgusts me. It disgusts me that this is necessary; next to a parent or a preacher, who has more influence on our children, and our future, than a teacher?
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Keeping money local is key to good fire service
Homeowners and fire officials in northern Sonoma County are leaning on local government to keep more of their property taxes local to go toward fire prevention services.
Spring Programs Bloom at the Library
Spring is here in Healdsburg, and that means it is time to get outdoors and celebrate the joy of reading in our beautiful community. Perhaps you have spotted our beloved blue BiblioBike around town lately, as we have appeared at Healdsburg Climate Fest and...
We’re still listening
“We are the newspaper that listens,” was the title and message of our first editorial written in 1996 under our current ownership of Sonoma West Publishers. That message and mission has not changed, but just about everything else in the newspaper business has.
COMMENTARY: County health concerns should be call to action
Recent news that Sonoma County’s overall health ranking has fallen to No. 7 in the state, down two places from last year in a statewide health survey, should concern us all. More alarming was the Sonoma County Department of Health Services’ January 2018 report noting that our childhood cancer rate is the fourth highest in California and that cancer is the leading cause of death in all age groups.
Brunch is one thing author looks forward to surgeon cutting into
Spring. A magical time of year. You can see and feel life bursting forth with great force and energy. Dry Creek Peach included.
Our fruit has set by this time, green leaves are growing, and peaches will soon begin to take shape.
We do a big...
Slippery sense of place
There are 500,000 people living in Sonoma County and each of us has our own “sense of place” depending on many things, including when and how we got here. We all tend to think of the place where we live by our first impressions, our early school years or first homes, first jobs or first dates. We think of physical landmarks that by now may only exist in our personal memories.
