Sonoma County to move to red tier on March 14
After months of living in the state’s most stringent tier of the color-coded, four-tiered Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Sonoma County will finally get to move into the red tier at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, March 14.
Analy and El Molino to consolidate, Laguna students to move to El Molino campus
It’s official. El Molino High School students will head to Analy High School this coming fall. The West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) board voted 3-2 to consolidate the schools during a meeting on March 10 in the face of an ongoing financial meltdown.
California to hit critical milestone for reopening
California today is expected to hit a benchmark of delivering 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to underserved communities, triggering a big change that will transform the state’s reopening map from purple to mostly red.
Sheriff’s office investigating homicide in Camp Meeker
On Feb. 12 at approximately 4 p.m., Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputies responded to a house in Camp Meeker for a reported suicide. Detectives are now investigating the incident as a homicide.
Sculptor Spotlight: T Barny
T Barny of Healdsburg is exhibiting with his sculpture “Spokes” in the Cloverdale Sculpture Trail. His sculpture “Spokes” consists of three metal wagon wheels with mirrors in the center of each patinaed metal wheel. This is a departure from his usual choice of material, stone. T Barny has worked with many materials, including glass and bronze, yet, he returns to his first love, stone. He has carved 205 individual types of stone from around the world.
Sebastopol community groups and civic clubs seeking to join forces
Comprehensive survey of community needs is first step toward a community-wide summit
Vintage car theft in Sonoma leads to felony arrest in Windsor
In a story straight out of the pages of some hard-boiled crime novel (or perhaps even a James Bond film) the theft of a rare 1954 Morgan Coupe in Sonoma has led to SWAT action and a felony arrest in Windsor.
Cannabis town halls sort out grower and neighbor differences
The critical differences of opinions between commercial cannabis growers and rural neighbors are beginning to come into focus as the county is hosting a series of virtual town hall meeting on its major updates to its Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance, first written in 2016 and updated almost annually since.
Depending on metrics, Sonoma County could move into the red tier next week
Sonoma County missed being a candidate for moving into the red tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy by 0.1%, according to Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chair Lynda Hopkins, and now county health officials say the county may be able to move into the red and out of the most restrictive purple tier by next week, depending on county metrics.
Sonoma Clean Power launches “Bike Electric” program
Provides customers with incentives for purchase of eBikes
