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Avoiding academic ‘summer slide’ in the North Bay: Q&A on how to curb learning loss with Kaiser Permanente pediatrician
Dr. Adrienne Silver wears many hats at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, most of them related to the health and well being of children. Silver, a Kaiser pediatrician of 24 years, runs the outpatient pediatric arm of both Kaiser’s family medicine residency program, as well as the provider’s medical student programs. She also is director of Kaiser’s medical education programs in Santa Rosa. As a ...
A new, exciting summer season at the Green Music Center
This new season features indoor-outdoor concerts from popular artists including pop music sensations Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw; American music icons The Beach Boys; chart-topping country artist Niko Moon; Reggae/Pop legends UB40; and singer and songwriter; businesswoman, author, television celebrity, and two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, Chiquis. Concerts take place in Weill Hall with seating both in the hall and on the outdoor grass and terraces of Weill Lawn. Lawn tickets for most performances are $30 (kids 12 and under are half off).
Well-known Healdsburg restaurant owner ordered to pay over $82,000 following federal labor investigation
Prominent Sonoma County restaurant owner and chef Octavio Diaz has been ordered to pay $82,666, including back wages, damages and penalties, following a federal labor investigation into his Agave Mexican Restaurant in Healdsburg. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor, the restaurant denied three employees more...
Letters to the Sonoma Index-Tribune for July 19
The Hidden Gem of Sonoma—-Sonoma Valley Hospital. My wife and I have lived in Sonoma since 2003, initially part-time, until we moved here full time in 2019. I am a disabled Veteran and have received a majority of my adult medical care at the San Francisco Veterans Hospital (VA), which has an affiliation with UCSF. The VA has provided me superb medical support over the years, and I am thankful.
Lessons from the land: Greg Sarris’ new stories reflect on the natural world and Native America identity
“There is a patch of land where nothing grows,” Greg Sarris writes in “A Man Learns to Smell Flowers,” one of the stories in his new book, “Forgetters.”. The Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians believe this flat, dry expanse along the road between Freestone and Bodega Bay was once was covered by a lush meadow of clover. They called it “a beautiful place.”
Index-Tribune reporters bring home CNPA awards
When the California News Publishers Association announced its statewide awards for journalism on July 12, 2024, the Sonoma-Index Tribune was among the publications taking home honors for stories published in 2023. Here’s the count. Our veteran reporter, Dan Johnson, who covers education and health and writes many features and...
How much did it cost to buy a home in Windsor in the past 5 weeks?
The median price per square foot for a home in Windsor in the past five weeks was $480. That’s $19 less than the Sonoma County median. The most expensive community in Sonoma County is Bodega Bay, where the median price per square foot in the past five weeks was $956.
Mendocino County homicide victim ID’d, charges not yet filed
Mendocino County investigators on Tuesday released the name of the Sonoma County man who was fatally shot last week during an argument east of Point Arena. Kevin Taeuffer, 54, of Annapolis, was pronounced dead Thursday at a home in the 38500 Block Eureka Hill Road, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday to identify the exact cause of death. ...
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