Sebastopol may require solar arrays on new businesses
By BOB NORBERG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The city of Sebastopol, which prides itself on being a small community with a big solar energy footprint, will consider requiring photovoltaic arrays on new commercial...
View ArticleFire departments struggle for volunteers
Graton volunteer firefighters, from left, (with helmet) Lindsay Cruckshank, Jeremy Janes, Taylor Marshall, Khris Hawkes and Chaz Mathias get ready for training, Sept. 6, 2012. Graton is a 100 percent...
View ArticleTwo scammers steal more than $3,000 from family of dead Sebastopol teen
By LORI A. CARTER & JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Some crimes just shock the conscience. Already awash in anguish, the family of an 18-year-old Sebastopol man who died last month in Peru after...
View ArticleTreasures of Antique Row
By ANDREA GRANAHAN WEST COUNTY CORRESPONDENT An antiques crawl is an entertaining way to spend a weekend afternoon, and there is no better place to crawl than Sebastopol’s Antique Row on Gravenstein...
View ArticlePeace activist Barbara Briggs-Letson returns from Pakistan
By JEREMY HAY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Barbara Briggs-Letson’s voice was flat as she recalled standing with hundreds of people in a farm compound in Pakistan during a vigil this month for innocent victims of...
View ArticleZombie walk takes Sebastopol by storm
Shiloh Macheras lumbers along through downtown Sebastopol as part of the Zombie Walk organized by Copperfield’s Books on Sunday, October 28, 2012.BETH SCHLANKER/ The Press Democrat By RANDI ROSSMANN...
View ArticleObituary: Chris Caswell
Chris Caswell, Celtic harpist and harp maker, who died of cancer at age 60 Monday at his Oakland home, left behind a legion of fans, admiring colleagues and grateful students. Celtic harp maker Chris...
View ArticleAuthorities seek two men linked to Forestville killing suspect
By MARY CALLAHAN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Sonoma County sheriff’s investigators have released surveillance photos of two men they believe accompanied a triple-homicide suspect from Colorado to Sonoma County...
View ArticleObituary: Terry Myers
By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Terry J. Myers, a longtime Gold Ridge Fire Protection District firefighter and retired Sonoma County government employee, has died. He was 67. The Sebastopol resident...
View ArticleNo limits on armchair travel
By ANDREA GRANAHAN WEST COUNTY CORRESPONDENT There is a big difference between a hoarder and a collector. A hoarder just wants things and concentrates on quantity. A hoarder will never part with...
View ArticleHow Fisk Mill Cove got its name
By ARTHUR DAWSON TOWNS COLUMNIST Fisk Mill Cove, just up the coast from Salt Point, is named for settlers John and Andrew Fisk. John came out to California from Vermont during the Gold Rush. By the...
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