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At its next meeting on Monday, Oct. 4, the Healdsburg City Council will be discussing next steps for the implementation of a universal/guaranteed basic income pilot program.

In another aggressive effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and ensure schools remain open, Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a vaccine mandate for students ages 12 and older, making California the first state in the nation to require students to be fully vaccinated for in-person instruction.

Sage Casey used “They, them, their” pronouns. SoCoNews will use “they, them, their” pronouns when referring to Casey.

The county of Sonoma in collaboration with the city of Cloverdale is hosting a community discussion tonight, taking place between 4th District Supervisor James Gore and Cloverdale Mayor Marta Cruz. The conversation will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and will be held over Zoom. To register, go here.

The West Side Union School District is looking for a new volunteer trustee for its school board, which oversees the K-6 elementary school district.

If rebranding does come to pass for the consolidated high school of the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD), it won’t be until next fall by Superintendent Toni Beal’s projection as of the Sept. 14 school board meeting.

Sarah Voit likes to keep 10 to 15 rapid test kits on hand in case any of the residents of the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition in Hayward need to be tested for COVID-19. They’ve had some infection scares, and the antigen tests — which return results in minutes — have been crucial to curbing the virus in the family shelter.

Cloverdale’s annual Oktoberfest celebration is switching locations but continuing on this year. The event will be held at the Cloverdale Citrus Fair from noon to 6 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 2.

Fire fighters from Sebastopol Fire Department, Graton, Gold Ridge and the city of Santa Rosa converged on a two-alarm fire at the corner of Walker and Petaluma avenues on Monday afternoon, which burned down an outbuilding and damaged the back of a vacant home on the same lot.“We were able to save the house by getting there quickly and putting the fire under control,” said Sebastopol Fire Chief Bill Braga.With such a massive response, the fire was put out quickly, but smoke billowed down Petaluma Avenue, causing the closure of the street.Braga said no one was injured in the fire, which started in a small outbuilding and spread to the vacant home, which Braga said had been empty for eight to 10 years.The source of the blaze is currently unknown. “We are still doing an investigation,”  Braga said. Townsy Sebastopol is a community web app, offering local news, online shopping at local stores, a local event guide, local volunteer and job boards and more. Find it at https://townsyapp.com.

The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.