YEAR IN REVIEW: Housing and homelessness
Local governments are struggling to find ways to increase the number of homes being built in west county — affordable homes in particular — but increasing the amount of housing stock in ways that don’t damage the environment or the character of the towns in which they’re built is a tall order.
Windsor’s at-large elections marginalized Hispanic voters, study finds
The findings mean districts are here to stay
Sebastopol Fire Department assistant fire chief dies
Assistant Fire Chief Mike Reeser put in 42 years of service
Short-term rental ordinance to be revised, reducing regulation for hosted rentals in Windsor
A draft ordinance that will regulate short-term rentals in Windsor came before the planning commission Jan. 11, with commissioners directing staff to revise the ordinance to reduce regulations for hosted rentals, focusing instead on non-hosted rentals, which commissioners agreed are more likely to pose immediate and long-term impacts to the community.
What we took and what we left behind
In the rush to flee the firestorm, many of us were faced with having to quantify and calculate the emotional and actual value of many of our possessions in an incredibly brief period of time. Now, living in an area with some familiarity with natural disasters, many of us knew the basics — ID, important documents, checkbook, medicine, pets — but after that was covered, what did people grab to potentially start a new life with?
THE Jazz Club sparks it up with Charged Particles, Mar. 1
On Thursday, March 1, the Cloverdale Arts Alliance will present Bay Area favorite, Charged Particles, at THE Jazz Club.
