HUSD to consider removing mask mandate
The Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) school board will consider adopting new district masking guidelines at its next meeting on Wednesday, March 16. HUSD Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel will be making a recommendation to the board to strongly recommend masks in the district instead of requiring them.
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.Â
Rising seas, worsening wildfires endanger California parks
Of all the existential threats California parks face — dwindling budgets, more visitors and costly, long-deferred maintenance — now comes a climate-driven conundrum: When is a park no longer a park? When its namesake trees disappear in a barrage of lightning strikes? When its very land is washed away by ever-rising seas?
Naujokas won’t seek re-election for second term on city council
At the Aug. 3 Healdsburg City Council meeting, Councilmember Joe Naujokas announced that he will not be seeking re-election for a second term.
Sonoma County Library helps kids enjoy the library from home
Kim Dargeou, the interim supervising children’s services librarian at the Central Santa Rosa Library, is bringing the library into families homes with a new video series of weekly story times, science and craft projects and read-aloud programs for all ages.
SLIDESHOW: Sonoma County Pride Parade returns to Santa Rosa
The 31st annual Sonoma County Pride parade returned to Santa Rosa this year, after several years in West County. Under the banner of "Together We Rise," the parade began at Fremont Park and wound its way down 4th Streeet to Old Courthouse Square.
Roundabout plans move forward with forums
The city is launching a nine-month public outreach and community workshop process for the long-planned roundabout at the 5-way intersection in central Healdsburg.
