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Reflections From a Part-time Lifeguard

Happily Ever After

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Life lessons from LEGO

RoundUp: Goats, gelt, and some good news for Ezra

Pine Bluff, June 1959

The First Lie

The Dog Who Named Herself

The Mandolin

Bad Apples

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Rolling into the holidays

Speaking of Gifts: Give the gift of connection & community

Gift giving: it's complicated

Public Works staff showed up en masse at the city council meeting on Dec. 17

Sebastopol City Council preserves the Climate Action Committee

District unification study casts doubt on plans to reopen El Molino High School

Woodmark: a case study on how affordable housing gets built

Need an E-bike?

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

RoundUp: Light up the holidays

Faces of the West County: Jo Ellen Kelly

What's happening this weekend in Sebastopol?

Can U and I co-exist?

A coat against the cold

Introducing Sebastopol Times' first Personal Essay contest

Elderberry Commons almost ready for tenants

Turning family history into historical fiction

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

City to enforce RV parking ordinance starting January 6

RoundUp: Holiday Cheer

The word on Woodmark

What's happening this weekend in Sebastopol?

Sebastopol City Council Recap

Tsunami warnings cancelled after earthquake

Guerillacapella's healing harmonies

Sebastopol has a new mayor and vice mayor

Bruce Johnson sculpture installed at entrance to Joe Rodota Trail

What are you so mad about?

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

RoundUp: Turkey trot

Diary of a Kidney Donor: Thanksgiving

What's happening this weekend in Sebastopol?

Can an EIFD help cash-strapped Sebastopol pay for big projects in the future?

No longer canceled, arts and crafts vendors will be back at the Sebastopol Farmers Market this Sunday

News close to home

City Council meeting recap for Nov. 19

Sebastopol's Not So Open Mic

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Judge ends ACLU lawsuit against Sebastopol

Roundup: That was close

Environmentalist Robin Greenfield stops by Sebastopol on his 1,625 mile walk

Flood warning in effect for multiple areas in west county

Despite pleas from Yanez's family, deputies released him two hours before Valley Ford murder

The lonely death of Shawn Voss

Alarming details emerge about Valley Ford murder suspect's actions before killing

Diary of a Kidney Donor: After a successful surgery, I go home

UPDATE: Valley Ford murder suspect released by Sheriff's Deputies two hours before murder took place

Valley Ford murder suspect released by Sheriff's Deputies two hours before murder took place

Sebastopol's historic cemetery is up for sale

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Adding up Measures I and U

The Western Sonoma County Historical Society celebrates its 50th anniversary

Diary of a Kidney Donor: Can I donate my kidney?

Diary of a Kidney Donor: How Do You Ask?

Diary of a Kidney Donor: Out of Office

Richard Pullman Bull

West County's mobile honey dealer

Reimagining the Downtown Core

Supervisor Hopkins pays FPPC fine for conflict of interest

Gaza at Hopmonk

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: The reckoning

Meet the winners of Sebastopol's city council election

City Council recap of the Nov. 5 council meeting

'The Big Exhale'

Red Flag warning in effect through Thursday morning

Sebastopol election results

West County Votes

Election Watch: Final Edition

Gas leak repaired across from Park Side School

Faces of the West County: The Rev. Christy Laborda Harris

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

RoundUp: Marigolds

Election watch: Letters to the Editor

What happens if Measure U doesn't pass?

What's happening this weekend in Sebastopol?

Halloween in Sebastopol

Will the Apple Blossom Trail ever get built?

Everything you need to know about Fentanyl and Narcan

Hiroshima Ginkgo trees to be planted near Sebastopol Peace Garden today

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup 2: Spooky and Scary

A sanctuary for all beings

The Secret War of Julia Child

What else happened at the Sebastopol City Council Meeting?

Sebastopol gets its first Little Free Art Gallery

Trashlantis Rising

Driven to educate

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Volunteers and Visitations

Come on in, the water's fine...for now

Robert Grant Hauge

What happened to the stash?

It's the 40th anniversary of Art Trails

Come to Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend

Who wants to 'Be The Earth'?

Beyond bike lanes

What’s happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Growing garlic

Kiwanis plans a new Halloween event for Ives Park, and you're invited

Graton Day returns this Saturday after an 8-year hiatus

Christine Pool

At the 49th Sebastopol Community Awards

New novel explores the immigrant experience in rural northern California

A mostly local Sebastopol election guide

Don't fence us out ... and other issues

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Sebastopudlians past and future

Measure U was a long time in coming

The fight to change the flight paths

Should we renew the library tax this time around?

Gordon A. Stewart

Cock Robin's sign cock up

Who's got balls?

Dream a little dream on me

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: 200 pounds of chestnuts

Goodnight Oakland A's

Measure N Goal: New Classrooms for Park Side School

What happened at the City Council Candidate Q&A at Hopmonk?

What else happened at the Sebastopol City Council Meeting?

Capturing the spirit of design

'Sebastopol Spire' installed in meadow near the laguna

Come to the Q&A with Sebastopol City Council Candidates at Hopmonk

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

RoundUp: Harvest is on

The Movement and the 'Madman'

Sebastopol City Council votes to oppose Measure J

Have Sebastopol's zoning rules made charm illegal?

Will pop-up crab pots save Bodega Bay's crabbing industry?

New construction, DEI discussed at September's High School District board meeting

Sebastopol Library Branch Manager Mathew Rose has been fired

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: A whale of a zucchini

What happened at the League of Women Voters' Sebastopol City Council Candidate Forum?

Transcript of the League of Women Voters' Sebastopol City Council Candidate Forum

LEARNapalooza is coming to town

Sebastopol's homeless outreach coordinator is moving on

The power of the postcard

An eye on Measure I

Sebastopol City Council Candidate Forum this Wednesday

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: 'The Things We Grow'

Faces of the West County: Bruce Robinson

What else is happening this weekend in Sebastopol?

Sebastopol City Council Recap, Part 2

Sebastopol City Council Recap, Part 1

Planning Commission gives the nod to Pacific Knolls development

Mike Greer looks to flip District 2's Assembly seat Republican

Happy Labor Day!

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Emus, elexting and EVs

The scent of Sebastopol in summer

Chris Rogers is running for Jim Wood's Assembly seat

1 killed, 8 injured in Highway 12 crash

Keeping track of the 'transients'

Neysa Hinton is running for her third term on the Sebastopol City Council

AI film screened to impassioned audience at SebArts

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: So Cool in School

PorchFest comes to Sebastopol

"Positive vibe" for start of Chuck Wade's second year as Analy principal

New sculptures for the Sebastopol Sculpture Garden

Two new parks approved in West County

It's August: Time to start thinking about Christmas caroling

Q&A: Ron Nelson retires after 30+ years of service

City Watch: Sebastopol schools welcome more students at start of year

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Still with the apples

Two new faces in the race for Sebastopol City Council

The Legacy's breaking the bank with their successful expansion

The city of Sebastopol and St. Vincent de Paul awarded $6.45 million state grant for Gravenstein Commons

100th season of Analy Football underway

Congressman Jared Huffman goes big picture

WSCUHSD launches West County iAcademy

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

A great weekend at the Gravenstein Apple Fair

Roundup: All abuzz!

What's it like making 1,000 apple pies?

Talk of two hotels downtown dismays many

Sebastopol City Council Recap

Raise your hand

Sebastopol's community apple press is a free way to make fresh juice

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Finding your balance

The theories of Chris Coulombe

City Watch: News bits you need to know

Transforming the Gravenstein Apple Fair

Intergenerational Chess Club reboots after hiatus

How Sebastopol Tomorrow made the town you live in today

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: A Gusher!

The Tyranny of Emojis🤬

Cannabis Equity grants go to top dogs in the industry

Community center faces uphill climb to financial stability

Palestinian ceasefire rally at Peace Wall

What's the deal with Measure J?

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Books, balls and bugs

Sebastopol unveils its 2024/25 budget, Part 2

Welcome to The Barlow Hotel

Sebastopol unveils its 2024/25 budget, Part 1

Aack, byline malfunction!

Faces of West County: Valentina Pereverzieva and daughter Karyna

City council votes to put half-cent sales tax on the November ballot

City releases results of sales tax poll and community priorities survey

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Town Hall Q&A, Part 2

Roundup: And the livin' is easy

What we learned at this week's town halls

Will the Lions roar again?

What else is happening this weekend in Sebastopol?

The battle heats up over pending dismissal of Sebastopol Library branch manager

Sebastopol's fire hydrant heroes

What it takes to run for city council, Part 3

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Community Center sends out an SOS

The Wonders of the Wasteland

What it takes to run for city council, Part 2

Keeping Us Free and Independent

Happy Independence Day!

Council adopts Capital Improvement Plan and grants Hotel Sebastopol a 3-year extension

Forestville faction prepares to challenge local asphalt plant proposal

Corrections: The future of fireworks at Analy and the address of the July 2 city council meeting

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: That's wild!

City's dispute with ACLU reactivated after consequential Supreme Court decision

City schedules town halls, a survey, and a poll to get feedback on budget crises

SebastoPoll: Should the Democrats change the top of the ticket?

10 questions for the author of DearQueer

Merger brings top-flight Texas BBQ to Sebastopol

What it takes to run for city council, Part 1

Massive power outage in Sebastopol and west county

What's happening in Sebastopol? Part 2

Q&A with Folk Farm School founder Michaela Mae

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Library Shake-up

Sarmentine is rolling dough when you are sleeping

Carol Rosanne “Rose” Prandini

What else happened at the Sebastopol City Council meeting this week?

West County garden features 500 plants from around the world

The return of Gravenstein Commons

Reverberations 2024 will wow you

Sebastopol's antique revival

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: In a pickle

Bunya bungle?

Financial abuse of the elderly is on the rise in Sonoma County

West county student named Sonoma County's first Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador

Benjamin Mertz and the Joyful Noise Gospel Choir raise money for the children of Gaza

Where Olive Trees Weep

Cypress Stuart

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Schools out for summer

Graton Town Square moves forward

Faces of West County: Leo Bergbauer

City Council Recap: Council pursues smaller water and sewer increases

Peacetown starts tonight, returning to Ives Park for the summer

Thinking of heading to the beach to escape the heat?

Using farm-to-table programs to help struggling youth

Nighttime smash-and-grab at David Allen Designs on Main Street

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Billie Janet Herring

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: The colors of June

Don Homer Townsend

As Joy Road deteriorates, residents wonder 'When will it ever get fixed?'

Canopy development good to go

St. Vincent de Paul mulls legal action over Sebastopol's withdrawl from Gravenstein Commons project

The surprising life lessons of LARPing

The news rack fairy of Sebastopol

Memorial Day in Sebastopol

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Peacetown returns to Ives Park and more

The Last Coho

Sales tax measure and the fate of the bunya bunya tree

West county couple leads birding excursions for beginners

Council reconsiders water and sewer rate increases

Fire engulfs RV in the middle of the night

Deadline approaching for vacation rental licenses in unincorporated areas

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Bottling springtime

Envisioning a bigger and better Sebastopol library

SebARTS' Open House showcases 'Everything we are'

The battle over the bunya bunya

The Long School Year Winding Down

A Remarkable Student

Repair cafe makes old things new again and builds community

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: May is a bridge between spring and summer

A triple dose of Sebastopol Police Logs, April 15 to May 5

Aurora Borealis wows west county

Firefighters come to terms with probable consolidation

City Attorney Larry McLaughlin is retiring and the search is on for a replacement

Downtown debacle

Why isn’t the city cracking down on homeless RV parking?

Community Cultural Center launches two new teen programs

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Round Up: Keep an eye on spring

Furthermore Wines brings jazz greats to west county

What happens if you die in Sonoma County and no one claims your body?

Down the tubes, Part 2: Rate increases proposed for Sebastopol's troubled wastewater system

Last two tenants evicted from Horizon Shine

Down the tubes, Part 1: Council votes to raise water and sewer revenues by 50%

Apple Tree Morris dancers will dance up the sun in Sebastopol on May 1

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: The Eye-catching Cuttlefish

A perfect day for the Apple Blossom Parade

Old Friends on a Fishing Trip

It's Apple Blossom time!

Faces of the West County: Esmerelda Pinal

Hidden Forest Nursery and Botanical Reserve faces an uncertain future

Investigating DEMA

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: We've Just Turned Two

Michele Anna Jordan's Dinner & a Movie program continues at the Rialto

Earth Day at Burbank Experiment Farm this Saturday

What else happened at the Sebastopol City Council meeting?

Council votes to merge city fire department with Gold Ridge

What happened to the Gaza Ceasefire resolution?

What's happening this week in Sebastopol

Roundup: West County Fixers

More than you'd like to know about Zoombombing

Sebastopol Police Logs, March 25-April 7

Sebastopol's first ever lit crawl debuts this Saturday

'An Irish Spring' marks a change in concert production at Community Center

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Here's Looking Up

Danielle Connor of Retrograde Coffee is Sebastopol's newest Zero Waste Superhero

'Kiss My Grit' highlights hometown heroines

Large townhome development behind the O'Reilly building moves forward

Council kills homeless housing project slated for former Horizon Shine site

Neo-Nazi comments lead city council to reconsider public commenting via Zoom

What's Happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: The first Sunday that follows the full moon after the vernal equinox

Safeway steps up efforts to prevent teen shoplifting

Falling tree damages Sebastopol Area Senior Center

Sebastopol Police Logs, March 11-24

It’s All In the Cards

Sebastopol Rotary seeks swim class volunteers

The lowdown on the city budget, Part 2: Possible solutions

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Starts and arts for March

The lowdown on the city budget, Part 1

Chief demands Safeway help solve teen shoplifting and loitering crisis

Giving away the store

The Marvelous Ms. Myriah

The Win-Win Contract for District and Teachers Union - A Deep Dive

What’s happening this week in Sebastopol?

Liv Helene Needham Mackay

Roundup: Spring Break

The Trade, a new outdoor marketplace at the Barlow, starts this Sunday

You never know what you'll find in The Closet, part 2

The meadow project at Burbank Heights

Faces of the West County: Elena Lev

What happened at the March 5 Sebastopol City Council Meeting?

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Up in the Clouds

Horizon Shine almost empty

10 Questions With Ephi Stempler

Sebastopol Police Logs, Feb. 12 – Mar. 3

What's happening in local west county races?

Sonoma County Bluegrass Festival returns to Sebastopol on March 9

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Tick Tock

Last look at the Assembly race in our district

Ceres makes a quick pivot after the closure of their kitchen in the SAY Dream Center

Stepped up traffic enforcement on South Main Street

The Point of Pride

Show up and play: Non-traditional youth symphony at Community Center

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Savings from Solar Power at Analy

New restoration plan for Laguna de Santa Rosa

SebARTS launches new literary offerings

Tree Fall Grazes Analy Band Room

What happened at the Feb. 20 City Council Meeting?

How Sebastopol's ceasefire resolution disappeared from the agenda

The Laguna Rises

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Feast and Fast

A new pilgrimage route, the Camino de Sonoma, runs right through Sebastopol

Juveniles arrested for weapons possession in Sebastopol + Sebastopol Police Logs

Sebastopol City Council pledges to continue in-person and Zoom meetings with live comments

SAVS likely to miss March 3 deadline to resettle Horizon Shine residents

Bata Bing BataBoomBox

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Ariel Kelley, former mayor of Healdsburg, brings her Assembly campaign to Sebastopol

Roundup: Everything's just Super

Support Your Local Reporter

The fantastical world of artist Teri Sloat

Sebastopol Police Logs, Jan. 29 – Feb. 4

Sebastopol's state senator, Mike McGuire, now holds the most powerful position in the state senate

Don't drive downtown this afternoon

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Downed trees, power outages and school closures

Roundup: Join the Club

Chris Rogers brings his State Assembly campaign to Sebastopol

Sebastopol Police Logs, January 22-28

Sharing the joy of clay

Ukrainians visit Sebastopol to study treatment of trauma in children and adults

'Coffee with a Councilperson' launches this week

Junkyard Paradise: A peek inside the Amiot/Laurent home

Correction: No Chimera First Friday this week

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Roundup: Riding with Birdie on the Rodota Trail

Angels at Our Tables

Nice Surprise at School Board Meeting

What's going on with the trees in the plaza?

Planning news: Svanstrom exiting, and objections to the Canopy project

West County filmmaker Jake Viramontez uses his craft to help nonprofits tell their stories

What's happening in Sebastopol this week?

Roundup: Crazy About Croissants

So I remember driving, driving in your car...

What the heck is an EIFD and why does Sebastopol need one?

Sebastopol Fire Department Names Pattie Murphy 2023 Firefighter of the Year

Double dose of Sebastopol Police Logs, January 1-13

Group plans new parklet for Main Street

What's happening in Sebastopol this week?

Roundup: Wet January

Uncertain future for SAY and the at-risk youth it serves

Sonoma Coast Crab Season to open Jan. 18

The Sebastopol Area Time Bank is ready to grow

Getting "College" Out of College Football

Derum appointed as Sebastopol's new interim fire chief

What's happening this week in Sebastopol?

Warming Center opened—and closed—in Sebastopol

Roundup: The Year Ahead

Faces of West County: Jeffery Domagalski (AKA Whitebear)

So...what's in the boxcar?

Everything is illuminated

The sun is going down on Horizon Shine

Sonoma Family Meal opens a pickup location in Sebastopol

Author of 'Why Democracies Die' is back in town with a new book, ‘Tyranny of the Minority’