GranFondo coming to Sonoma County on Sept. 30
County, city roads expected to be clogged Saturday morning
Council raises inclusionary housing requirements
Healdsburg City Council changed the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance by a 5-0 vote at its June 3 meeting at city hall, 401 Grove St.
Healdsburg High grad named as Fulbright Scholar
Chiara Nicastro overcame dyslexia to excel
Commentary: The bioretention geek
Ukiah, the city I work in, recently renovated the entire downtown area with new sidewalks, paved road, and all new trees with planter areas. In full transparency, I was involved in aspects of the planning of this project but not the design. When a co-worker of mine made a criticism regarding the new planters at all the street corners, I was excited to actually have some rare insight that I felt was useful in a nerdy sort of way. He complained that the contractor left the planter areas several inches too shallow and made an opening in the curb which will likely flood and dump garbage and dirty water around the new plants just put in. “Exactly the point!” was my response which only made him more confused, and as I presume, makes him not the only one. Let me geek out with you in a science meets nature sort of way.
Small production wine label Marine Layer Wines will have a tasting room on Center Street
A new tasting room that will solely feature Marine Layer Wines, a small production wine label that focuses on making Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with grapes from the Sonoma Coast, is coming to Center Street this August.
Monte Rio homicide suspect in custody following shelter in place order
The shelter in place order that had been in place for Monte Rio has dropped now that the individual suspected of shooting and killing a man in Monte Rio has been arrested without incident, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office reported in a Nixle alert issued at 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, March 1.
County fires remain a regional priority
With fires throughout the state, the Walbridge and Meyers fires are a priority for the CalFire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, but resources are slim
Unwelcome and tough to evict: California’s costly, uphill battle against invasive species
It’s nothing less than an invasion.Interlopers are coming into California by land, by sea … and by FedEx.
The taxpayers’ checkbook
July 1 is the start of a new fiscal year for local governments. This is when the county, cities and schools start spending new tax money based on recently approved 2016-2017 budgets. All these budgets tend to launch with the same conclusions: there is never enough tax revenue; there are too many unmet needs; employee and pension costs keep going up; and everything could be solved if we only agreed to raise new taxes and vote for more long term debt bonds.














