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Deputy Basurto is a familiar sight on the streets of Windsor

High visibility with residents is a key to community police work in town of Windsor by NATHAN WRIGHT, Staff Writer Carlos Basurto is one of Windsor's celebrities. When he drives the streets, many wave. When he stops, a family brings out a home-cooked meal and a soda, trusting that...

Cloverdale Police Logs: Aug. 17-23

MONDAY, AUG. 17

Governor announces new restrictions, county remains at most restrictive tier as COVID cases spike

Local impacts still being figured out, holiday gatherings not encouraged

Healdsburg City Council selects Gold as next mayor

Councilmember Evelyn Mitchell to take Gold’s seat as vice mayor

UC Davis study warns salmon headed for extinction

The Russian River’s endangered salmon population faces near extinction this century if current environmental hazards go unchecked, according to a report last week to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Cannabis experts discuss appellation designation

Sonoma County cannabis experts and leaders in the industry gathered at Elyon Cannabis in Santa Rosa last week, Nov. 6, to discuss pursuing appellations — that is, regional designations — for cannabis and how a designation could be advantageous for growers and the industry as a whole.

Healdsburg police revive man with Narcan, marks second use of the drug

On Nov. 13 Healdsburg officers responded to a call of an unconscious man found in a CVS bathroom where he was later successfully revived with Narcan, an opioid suppressing nasal spray that blocks the opioid receptors in the brain. This marks the second time in less than a month that officers have successfully used and administered the drug.

Healdsburg Fire Hydrant Turns Into Urban Geyser, Thanks to Hit-and-Run Driver

In a much chiller-than-usual kind of emergency for local firefighters, “a sheared fire hydrant created a water hazard on Clear Ridge Drive, in the Parkland Farms subdivision in Healdsburg” on Thursday, according to the Press Democrat. “City fire and water crews took about 15 minutes...

It’s what we wished for

Two decades ago, lots of Sonoma County winemakers and innkeepers were jealous over the attention heaped on their counterparts in Napa Valley, but they swore they’d never actually want to be another Napa or another wine country version of Disneyland. Back then, Sonoma’s wine and hospitality people would chortle, “Sonoma’s for wine, Napa is for auto parts.”
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