Saving the senior foot care program
The senior foot care program is a popular, little heralded program of Gravenstein Health Action. Who will fund it once the Palm Drive Health Care District dissolves?
Healdsburg school board meeting recap: Task force plan merges kinder classes
School district takes first step in draft Equity Task Force action plan to combine kindergartens, reviews LCAP
Officials stress the importance of health safety with school reopenings
As school districts across the county prepare to open their schools for in-person and hybrid learning, the county’s weekly COVID-19 discussion brought together a panel of health officials and teachers and school administrators to discuss school reopenings and the importance of keeping up with health guidelines.
Animal Logs, April 17 – 20
This report is courtesy of the Humane Society of Sonoma County’s Healdsburg Center for Animals and may not reflect all animal control activities in the Healdsburg community. For more information call 431-3386.
Healdsburg’s Historic Simi Winery Might Get New Owners Soon
The San Francisco Chronicle made a bold prediction early last month: “This will be the year of California winery closures.” Here in Healdsburg, from where I’m sitting, the 2025 wine-industry shakeup has looked more like a Great Reshuffling — aka, wine bosses selling off certain properties or reshaping their...
Q&A with city council candidate Evert Fernandez
Two seats on the Sebastopol City Council are up for election on Nov. 3. Both of the incumbents, Michael Carnacchi and Neysa Hinton are seeking re-election. Challengers in the race are Evaristo "Evert" Fernandez, Diana Rich and Vaughn Richard Higginbotham. Sonoma West Times & News submitted questions to the candidates. Fernandez's responses are included here in a Q&A format. The responses have been edited for length in some places.
Opera a la Carte visiting local schools
Alexander Valley School students were treated to an hour long version of Rossini’s opera, “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) last week, and some were even able to perform in the show.
