Local Food Banks Struggle for Funds, Groceries
Proposed cuts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) of $500 million to funding for regional hunger relief organizations will stop deliveries to local food banks nationwide, including the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB). That could mean the suspension of $750,000 in food shipments to REFB alone, and their availability for redistribution to local families.
Cloverdale’s Cesar Chavez celebration is Friday
La Familia Sana is hosting an event to commemorate the work done by Cesar Chavez and his effort in helping the farmworker community. The celebration will be held on the east side parking lot of Dahlia and Sage Market in Cloverdale on Friday, April 1, from 4 to 7 p.m.
West Side students march for endangered animals
MINI MARCH — Third grade West Side student Matisse (center) holds up a cardboard dwarf gecko during the school’s endangered species march on Feb. 18.
Plaza protest
NOT ABOVE THE LAW — On Dec. 17, more than 300 people from Healdsburg and beyond gathered in the Healdsburg Plaza to voice support for the presidential impeachment inquiry.Â
District gives preliminary notice for potentially laid off positions
Positions potentially effected would include 2.6 full-time employees
