Healdsburg animal shelter log, Jan. 13 – 18
This report is courtesy of the Humane Society of Sonoma County’s Healdsburg Center for Animals and may not reflect all animal control activities in the Healdsburg community. For more information call 431-3386.
City pursuing Project Homekey application for L&M Motel temporary housing site
The city of Healdsburg is interested in creating a 21-unit temporary housing program with support services for Healdsburg’s chronically homeless at the L&M Motel on Healdsburg Avenue, and on Oct. 18, the city council took an early step forward in pursuing the potential project.
What housing crisis?
A “housing crisis” has been declared for all of Sonoma County by elected officials, affordable housing advocates and by the home building and construction industry. Rents and raw building costs have never been higher. Vacancy rates for rentals are almost zero and new housing construction is years behind the actual demand, these leaders tell us.
Jason Fayter steps down from football post
In football as in life, all good things must eventually come to
Lighting the way
Local woman creates impromptu lighted car parade to brighten Sebastopol’s holiday
West Side students march for endangered animals
MINI MARCH — Third grade West Side student Matisse (center) holds up a cardboard dwarf gecko during the school’s endangered species march on Feb. 18.
Lunch programs fill a need during summer months
Throughout the school year, low-income students are provided free and reduced lunch throughout Sonoma County in ordinance with The National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
School board finalizing school reopening date, reviewing audits
A return to partial in-person learning is nearly upon us, and the Cloverdale Unified School District Board of Trustees’ special meeting on Wednesday, March 24, finalizes some of the details for reopening. The board will also review reports about both the district and Measure H audits and hold a public hearing from contract negotiations between the district and the Teachers Association of Cloverdale for the 2020-21 school year. The school board will be meeting at 4:30 p.m. — a departure from its regular meeting time — and the meeting will be held via Zoom. For the full agenda, including the Zoom link, click here.
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.


















