County virus case statistics differ from region, similar to like counties
County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase gave an update on the county’s COVID-19 virus statistics earlier this week, noting changes in the governor’s system for classifying county virus statistics and pointing out similarities and differences between Sonoma County’s virus cases and the cases of other counties in the region.
County supervisors support continued operations for Bell’s Ambulance
During discussions this week to realign the county’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response zones and agreements throughout the county, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors endorsed a path to allow Bell’s Ambulance to continue serving the north county communities that the private company has been serving since 1956.
FITCH MOUNTAIN TREE REMOVAL
As members of the Fitch Mountain Association we recently received two emails from the association’s current secretary Ellen Silge regarding the recent tree and brush removal along North and South Fitch Mountain Road. She refers to the work as a “Roadside Slaughter.” She continues that Laura Tietz of Fire Free Fitch “is close to learning the identity of the PG&E person responsible” and “turning the inmate crew loose on Fitch Mt. Road.” Silge also said that “She (Tietz) has a meeting tomorrow (2/23) in Mike McGuire’s office with county officials who are interested in making the roads on the mountain safer and she’ll bring up this problem, as well as following through with PG&E executives and Cal-Fire. Silge finishes with a request from any property owner who feels that they suffered property damage caused by “the slaughter in progress or aftermath images.”
Boys & Girls Club after-school program is back in action
Cloverdale schools started hybrid learning on April 12 and with it, the Cloverdale Boys & Girls Club began its after-school program for students. Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin has been working with 12 Sonoma County school districts to determine the best programs for each of its locations, according to a statement from the club.
School board honors district’s lone retiree of the year
The Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) School Board of Trustees honored retiring Healdsburg Junior High School teacher Rosa Duran-Vazquez at their most recent meeting on June 17.












