Local grapes dominate wine competition
The 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, held at Cloverdale's Citrus Fair last week, is now in the record books. More than 6,700 American wines, from all over the USA, were entered into this year’s competition and after 3.5 days of swirling, sniffing, sipping, spitting and judging six wines received the penultimate recognition of Best of Class Sweepstakes awardees.
Post-prohibition: Where can I get high now?
On Jan. 1 something changed in the air in Sonoma County. While some communities welcomed the first official day of adult-use cannabis legalization, not everyone was “waking and baking” that morning.
Suspect arrested for domestic violence after pursuit
On July 16, a domestic violence call morphed into a car chase through Windsor, that terminated in the parking lot between Home Depot and Office Depot.
What’s going on with graduations in Cloverdale?
Cloverdale High School’s graduation and Washington School’s promotion are both moving forward with in-person celebrations, but the specifics of what it will look like will be largely dependent on where the county sits in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy COVID-19 tier system.
Town council makes commission appointments, still seeking applicants for some seats
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that the town council reopened the application period for the interim parks and rec commission seat because the candidates who applied could not be considered for the seat since they cannot serve on two commissions. While this is true, the council also decided to reopen the period because Councilmember Deborah Fudge had not received an interim parks and rec application from an applicant and the town counsel team and city manager had suggested reopening the application period to give folks the chance to apply if they encountered that issue and because the town council could not come to a consensus on the other remaining applicant, Angelica Nunez, for the interim parks and rec role.
Mouse Squad teaching tech at junior high
There’s no question that in today’s world, we all rely heavily on technology to solve problems, make our lives easier, and create innovations that change the way we live, think, work and interact with one another. Given the rate at which technology evolves, it has become imperative that schools begin introducing relevant curriculum that provides students with essential STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills, and set them up for academic and career success. With the help of the Healdsburg Education Foundation, Healdsburg Junior High is doing just that.
