Council approves lease agreement for cell tower
After much deliberation, discussion and a 4-1 vote on May 17, the Healdsburg City Council approved a land lease agreement between the city of Healdsburg and GTE Mobilnet of California Verizon Wireless for the construction and operation of a 70-foot wireless telecommunications tower at 923 South Fitch Mountain Road adjacent to Tayman Park Golf Course.
WSCUHSD consolidated high school gets a working name
The contested union of Analy High School and El Molino High School has a new working name: West County High School.
Grant in the works for vegetation management project for Fitch Mountain
On May 17, the California Coastal Conservancy announced plans to recommend a grant to the city of Healdsburg for vegetation management in open space areas of Fitch Mountain.
Sebastopol City Council to discuss budget priorities
At the last city council meeting, Mayor Una Glass, who is also on the city's budget subcommittee, began a discussion on the topic of “Relaunching Sebastopol,” but that turned almost immediately into a request for guidance from the council as a whole about city priorities.
County’s cannabis conversation gets a reset
Sonoma County’s conversation over commercial cannabis cultivation hit a big reset Tuesday morning, May 17, when the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to require themselves to conduct a full-blown programmatic environmental impact report (EIR) prior to completing any updates to the current commercial cannabis cultivation ordinance first adopted in 2018.
Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
When James Brumder and his wife Louise Gonzalez moved into their home tucked up against the mountains northeast of Los Angeles, he applied all his know-how to the task of undoing the thirsty garden they inherited.
