Commentary: Pension reform is simple
The solution to the county’s pension problem is simple, it’s just not easy to implement. Implementation will require political courage, a commodity often in short supply. The fact there is a serious problem with the county’s pension cost was acknowledged by the Board of Supervisors in 2011.
Zucchini festival returns to Healdsburg Farmers Market on Aug. 14
The popular zucchini festival returns to the Healdsburg Farmers Market next week on Saturday, Aug. 14 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
Year in Review: Crime
Over the next couple of weeks, SoCoNews is reviewing the past year in Sebastopol and west county.
Organizations collaborate to give holiday groceries Dec. 23
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, The Rotary Club of Sebastopol, the Sebastopol Center for the Arts and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3919 are joining forces to deliver holiday groceries to those in need this holiday season.Â
Suspect in Safeway parking lot shooting arrested
Anakin Daniel Roy Taylor, the suspect in a Sebastopol Safeway shooting that left one person injured, was arrested on Nov. 5 in Reno, Nevada by the United States Marshals and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Laguna High students flex new shoes from nonprofit
Some students returned to class with an extra spring in their step on Oct. 21 at Laguna High School after the Shoes 4 Kidz nonprofit visited to match teens with brand new kicks, just in time for the rainy weather.
‘Keep the magic going’: New owners at the helm of Monte Rio’s theater
The new owners of Monte Rio’s theater want to revitalize the theater as west county’s community hub and are hoping to bring in farmers markets, live music, outdoor movie screenings and more.
Occidental, Camp Meeker residents practice evacuating
Community members in Occidental and Camp Meeker spent Saturday morning, June 19, preparing to evacuate from their properties because of hazards that have yet to happen.
Third man identified in River murder case
GUERNEVILLE - Sonoma County Sheriff’s investigators made a third
New CEO at Palm Drive
Tom Harlan, a senior health care executive for more than 35 years, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Palm Drive Hospital with the unanimous vote of the Palm Drive Health Care District Board.