SMART expanding service as ridership returns following pandemic drop
In a statement dated May 19, Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) announced it would launch a new expanded service schedule, including five trips added to the weekday schedule and the resumption of Saturday weekend service, alongside a significant reduction in the price of fares to kick off its Welcome Back campaign.
Police Log: May 19-25
Complete Police Log for this week includes Fu dog theft, drinking drivers, road rage, online fraud, organized retail theft and the usual slings and arrows of outrageous behavior...
Ives Pool summer programs in full swing, improvements keep coming
Splashing around at Ives Pool in Sebastopol has created
Twin Hills welcomes former student as new superintendent
Anna-Maria Guzmán is returning to the Twin Hills Union School District (THUSD) for what one might call the ultimate graduation.
New water and wastewater rates for Cloverdale coming forward for public hearing in June (copy)
Suggested rate increases were decreased following November outcry over initial increase proposals
Ward’s death ruled a homicide, family files wrongful death suit
On Tuesday, May 19, an attorney for the mother of David Glen Ward, the 52-year-old man who died in a bizarre interaction with sheriff’s deputies at the end of December, has filed suit against the two sheriff’s deputies involved, a Sebastopol police officer who was on the scene, the county of Sonoma and Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick.
Snapshot: Opening New Doors
The Senior Center threw open its doors earlier this month, literally, following the completion of a long-awaited project to improve access both from Matheson Street and the parking lot behind the building. New fully automatic sliding doors at the front and rear entrance allow...
WSCUHSD board to approve new vice principal, finalize layoffs
The West Sonoma County Union High School District board’s regular meeting at 6 p.m. on May 12 looks to be a busy one, with the board setting the seal on final layoffs and discussing the contract for a new vice principal for the consolidated high school.














