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Analy to offer Spanish for Spanish Speakers

Starting this fall, Analy High School will offer a Spanish for Spanish Speakers class for the first time in its history.

Special meeting to set up school district elections in the fall

The Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) Board of Trustees is meeting July 7 at 5:30 p.m. to authorize the election of school board members in the fall 2020 election.

Let the freedom ring

Hallelujah! It is done. Clang of bell and roar of gun. The so-called Defense of Marriage Act is no longer the law of the land. It should be called the Restriction of Marriage Act, because it limits marriage to certain citizens but not others. And in California, Proposition 8, the law voted by the people to restrict marriage to straight people, is defunct.  

Why is Grata’s chef Eric Foster so grateful?

Having navigated the pandemic and resultant worker shortage, chef Eric Foster’s new Windsor restaurant Grata is approaching the end of a successful — if unusual — first year.

Transportation funding a boon to north county

Big-ticket projects in Cloverdale, Windsor and Healdsburg

California redistricting 101: What you need to know

Some describe redistricting as a giant puzzle; others call it the world’s most difficult art project.

Animal Logs March 29-April 4

Incoming animals

Commentary: Critical wild Coho salmon watershed threatened by aggressive logging plan

As wild Coho salmon have disappeared in nearly every tributary of the Russian River, Felta Creek remains a rare exception. Even in the low fish years of 2006 and 2008, endangered wild Coho survived in the shady pools of this boulder strewn west county stream. This spring, UC Sea Grant biologists discovered multiple spawning beds, or “redds,” in the creek’s gravel bars. Wild fish will be there again this summer.

Lies, damned lies and statistics

While the originator’s attribution is uncertain, the following phrase, popularized by Mark Twain, seems particularly appropriate relative to the survey results recently presented to our City Council by HCSS (Healdsburg Citizens for Sustainable Solutions) on March 17 and April 7. To quote Mr. Twain, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.”

Fire season is coming — here’s how to be ready

At a fire resiliency webinar put on by the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, Cyndi Foreman, fire prevention officer for Sonoma County Fire District, gave a presentation about preparing your home for fire season and also how to prepare for and properly execute an evacuation.
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