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The news you need about the town you love
Named in honor of the first newspaper that once served this area, Sebastopol Times covers local news, politics and education. Our goal is to help you engage more fully in civic life by keeping you well informed of what is happening in West County. We are an independent, locally owned publication managed and edited by Dale Dougherty and Laura Hagar Rush
If you support our work, please become a paid subscriber.
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Paid subscribers have permission to comment online on our stories. On some stories, we may open up comments to everyone. As we seek to foster civic engagement, we must maintain a climate of mutual respect and understanding. Any comments that violate common standards of decency will be deleted and the commenter may be banned from the site.
Letters to the Editor
We accept letters to the editors. Please send them to: Dale Dougherty: dale.dougherty@gmail.com AND/OR Laura Hagar Rush: hagarlaura@gmail.com.
Join the crew
The Sebastopol Times is edited by Dale Dougherty of Make: Magazine and Laura Hagar Rush, the former editor of the Sebastopol newspaper, Sonoma West Times & News, and North Bay Biz. Mark Fernquest and Steve Einstein are regular contributors.
Be part of a community of people who share your home town news. We welcome article submissions, as well as “letters to the editors.”
Contact Us
Need to reach us? Email us at:
Dale Dougherty: dale.dougherty@gmail.com
Laura Hagar Rush: hagarlaura@gmail.com
You can call us at 707-322-8696 or drop by our office at 524 S. Main Street in Sebastopol.
Put the Sebastopol Times on your phone
Most people read the Sebastopol Times via email, but you can also put it as an icon on your phone so you can read us any time. It’s super easy.
For iPhone or iPad:
Launch the Safari browser and go to https://www.sebastopoltimes.com.
Click on the Share icon — the square with an arrow pointing upward. (On the iPhone this is located along the bottom of the screen; on the iPad it’s in the upper right corner.)
Then scroll down till you see “Add to Home Screen.” Click that and voila!
For Android:
Launch the Chrome browser and go to https://www.sebastopoltimes.com.
Tap the menu icon (3 dots in upper right-hand corner) and tap “Add to Home Screen.”
Type in SebTimes when you’re prompted to enter a name and then Chrome will add our icon to your home screen.
Can’t figure it out? Feel free to drop by the Sebastopol Times’ new office at 524 S. Main Street and we’ll add the Sebastopol Times to your phone for you. We even make house calls now and then. (Seriously, we’ve done this.) Contact me at hagarlaura@gmail.com.
