L AFAYETTE — It seems like every patch of grass along Johnston Street has a little advertising sign stuck in it, soliciting customers for lawn care businesses, tax preparation, discount mattresses, ...

Can a Healdsburg store owner use part of a sidewalk to put up a sandwich board sign, or display merchandise there to lure customers? That's a question city officials are grappling with — again.

Most people identify clutter as a tangible entity. It’s that pile of papers, books, and objects sitting on your desk waiting to be put away. While the physical stuff is obvious, most of our clutter is ...