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According to a statement from the California Highway Patrol (CHP), at 10:38 p.m. on June 27, officers responded to northbound Highway 101, south of the Arata Lane exit in Windsor for reports of a person laying in the roadway.

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.

Friday Night Live at the Plaza, Cloverdale’s free summer concert series, has announced the lineup of bands scheduled to appear Friday nights from June 1 through August 31, 2018. Friday Night Live & Street Fair, produced by the Cloverdale Arts Alliance, offers a variety of family-friendly activities every Friday evening throughout the summer.

The main point of contention at the Palm Drive Health Care District board meeting on Monday, May 5, was whether the district could dissolve in time to avoid having to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a board election in November.

Monday Sept. 30, An officer near Carl’s Jr. on Vine Street stopped a subject on a bike, arresting a 49-YO man and transporting him to county jail for possession of methamphetamine, violation of probation, shoplifting and on an outstanding Sonoma County warrant regarding failure to appear on a felony charge.... These and other reports appear in our weekly Police Log.

Local artist Ned Kahn has a clearer path forward for his art piece “Sebastopol Spire,” which is being commissioned by the city of Sebastopol. After going back to the drawing board to find a different site for the piece following a February council meeting, the Sebastopol City Council unanimously approved both the concept and future site location of “Sebastopol Spire” during its meeting on April 20.

It may cost nearly $145 million to build the proposed Russian River bike path from Forestville to the Sonoma Coast, according to estimates in a feasibility study released last week.

Despite the resurgence of the coronavirus in Sonoma County this summer, students are back in their seats at Windsor’s schools — and the Windsor Unified School District has unveiled a new COVID-19 Information Portal to keep community members apprised of COVID-19-related activity across the district.