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The Healdsburg City Council has a short agenda for their upcoming meeting on Monday, Aug. 2, the first meeting since their July recess. Major agenda items include a city manager update on the drought and COVID-19 and a climate mobilization strategy presentation by the Regional Climate Protection Authority (RCPA).

Memorial services announced for Feb. 26 at Trione Winery

UPDATE — The Kincade Fire that started Wednesday night, Oct. 23, is at 5% containment at 21,900 acres, CalFire officials said at 7:35 a.m. on Oct. 25. A massive wildfire has broken out in the hills east of Geyserville, near the geothermal power station known as The Geysers. As of early Thursday morning at 4:35 a.m., it had reached 10,000 acres with 0% containment. According to CalFire as of 7:42 a.m. on Oct. 24, "CAL FIRE and multiple local government agencies are on scene of a wind driven grass and brush fire with a north east wind in the area of the Geysers. Structures and powerlines threatened, long range spotting observed. Structure damage assessments will begin today. "There are 328 firefighting personnel on the scene and two structures have been damaged thus far."The Kincade Fire began on John Kincade Road at approximately 9:27 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23.Evacuation orders and evacuation warnings are in place for several areas. Evacuation orders and warningsAt 10:35 p.m. on Wednesday the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department issued an evacuation order for people living east of Geyserville. According to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, all 300 people from the mandatory evacuation area have been evacuated.

Election Day is just under two weeks away, and while there’s no faceoff between the Godzilla of the GOP and the Mothra of the Dems, there are important races up and down the ballot, from the governorship to the local city council. Who and What There...

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