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Lung Association’s annual ‘report card’ reflects mixed success in protecting residents from secondhand smoke

Kelsey Carreiro, the City of Healdsburg’s emergency manager, previewed a new evacuation zone map to the city council at their Monday meeting, May 1.  The update consolidated the previous 41 evacuation zones to a more manageable 13, and dispenses with the letter system formerly appended...

The upcoming November general election gives residents a chance to vote not only for three City Council seats—applications will be accepted at least until 5pm on Friday, Aug. 12—but on two measures approved by council on June 21.  The first is a measure to implement...

Healdsburg City Council changed the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance by a 5-0 vote at its June 3 meeting at city hall, 401 Grove St.

Property owners in Healdsburg’s Fitch Mountain neighborhood are watching closely this month as Sonoma County Supervisors prepare to adopt tighter restrictions governing residential septic systems located near the Russian River.

With the sun shining, the brooks babbling and green in abundance, it is time to experience the regrowth of the regional parks in Sonoma County. Many are witnessing the rising wildflowers and vegetation from the ashes of October, with trails being reopened and support for restoration. A few months after the fire, the fungi, plants and flowers are blooming once again in the midst of the spring season. Sonoma County is active as always, with thousands of people participating in the season’s sunshine.

Labyrinth to be set at Windsor Presbyterian on Dec. 3

At 12:25pm, petty theft occurred at Big John’s Market on Healdsburg Avenue. A man stole a sandwich worth $10.74. An officer responded, spoke to the RP and subsequently contacted the suspect at his residence. The theft may have been accidental, and the suspect went back to the store to settle his tab.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday afternoon, March 24, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved an urgency ordinance that suspends the eviction of tenants for failing to pay rent. The ordinance applies to cases in which a tenant’s failure to pay rent is a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in that they’ve lost income or have had to pay for substantial medical needs as a result of the outbreak.

Known variously as giant cane, elephant grass or Colorado River weed, the giant Arundo reed grows up to 30 feet in height and is widespread though much of the temperate world including the American Southwest. Considered invasive in the United States, local Rotarians are out to control it.