Commentary: Community Values
In response to public demand, the Healdsburg City Council is limiting the number of tasting rooms allowed downtown and is starting to look at ways (zoning changes etc.) to cap the number of hotels in town, or at least downtown. These are changes I am happy to see coming.
Oregon posts workplace outbreaks, California has no such plan
California and Oregon were lauded for their early response to the pandemic, with swift and broad shutdowns aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. In reopening their economies, both states imposed stringent requirements for masks and face coverings.Â
Foppoli recall takes its first step forward
In a statement released Thursday, April 29, the town of Windsor announced it had accepted a Notice of Intention to recall Mayor Dominic Foppoli.
County will begin vaccinating people age 65 and up
Essential food workers will be eligible for vaccinations starting Monday
Veteran local reporter Bob Klose dies
Services for Bob Klose, a veteran newspaper reporter and editor who firmly believed in journalism’s ability to connect local communities to the broader world, will be Saturday afternoon in Santa Rosa.
New Year, New Laws: From cannabis and immigration to guns and minimum wage
Both law-abiding citizens and wanton criminals have extra homework to do as the new year of 2018 in California comes with a bevy of new laws and lessons covering cannabis use, gun ammunition, minimum wages, school lunch ‘shaming,’ how to use a crosswalk and many others.
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?
