County hosting virtual workshop Feb. 18 on winery event rules
Permit Sonoma is presenting an opportunity for the public to provide input at a virtual public workshop on Feb. 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. regarding the development of the draft County Winery Events Policy. This effort is a countywide initiative related to agricultural zoning districts outside of the Coastal Zone.
Special budget workshop and shifted school board meeting on tap this week for Windsor
There will be two meetings of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees this week, though neither of them on the regular meeting day of Tuesday, to avoid a conflict with Election Day. The first is a bond budget workshop to determine the next expenditures of Measure F money, with the regular school board meeting following up on Thursday.
Winery pulls out of permit appeal
An on-again, off-again rejection and appeal for a proposed 10,000 case winery at 4603 Westside Road is now off and may be permanently scrubbed after it was first filed for zoning and use permits in May 2014 and rejected by the county’s Board of Zoning Adjustments on a 5-0 vote in June 2017.
Year in Review: Schools
Over the next two weeks, Sonoma West Times & News will be rehashing 2020 in west county. We’ll be reviewing the biggest events in the local schools, as well as covering topics such as COVID-19, health care, homelessness and more.
CHP to launch maximum enforcement period of patrol for New Year’s
After 40 people died on California roadways last year during New Year’s, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding motorists to drive safe and sober this holiday by increasing enforcement and launching a maximum enforcement period (MEP) on roadways from Dec. 28, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2019.
School board to consider approval of equity and anti-racism policies
Board will also consider approval of teacher, employee union contracts, district budget and LCAP
