Utility Box Artist Spotlight: Aida Herrera-Keehn and Paula Acevedo
The Town of Windsor’s new utility box painting program called Discovering Windsor Through Art aims to help beautify the community and is dedicated to exhibiting the visual arts outside the constraints of museums or galleries. The 2021 theme of “community healing” is designed to highlight the resiliency of Windsor and help the community heal through public art.
The Parish Cafe is under new ownership, but the eatery’s recipes and concept won’t change
Correction: The Parish will serve lunch and breakfast, not lunch and dinner.
Sebastopol City Council shifts to approve its annual budget
Concluding the Sebastopol City Council’s third budget discussion earlier this month, Mayor Una Glass called for Sebastopol city staff to prepare a final city budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 for adoption at the upcoming July 20 city council meeting.
Fire Safe Occidental aims to empower and protect west county communities
One morning in the fall of 2017, Occidental resident Carolyn Sell woke up to an orange sky and a view of the Santa Rosa valley on fire. Realizing how easily fire could spread west to her community, Sell decided, from her vantage point up in the hills, to make sure Occidental would be ready when disaster came.
UPDATE: Raven film premiere postponed – Short film with Healdsburg roots set to premiere at the Raven on July 31
UPDATE: The Raven film premiere event on July 31 will be postponed until next year, according to event producers Hannah Levin and Okalani Luna.
Bluebird property to be developed as high-density mixed-use
Citing the need for affordable housing and the prohibitive costs of requisite renovations, the Town of Windsor will proceed with high-density mixed-use development plans at the Bluebird Center site.
El Mercadito de Windsor Sunday market debuts this weekend
There’s a new Sunday market coming to Windsor, and organizers hope it will help bridge gaps in communication, information and community support. “El Mercadito de Windsor” will feature Latino food, clothing and crafts made by local artisans and will run from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sundays beginning July 11.
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.
Mothers struggle to return to work as California reopens
Before the pandemic, Patricia Gutierrez would drop her 8-year-old autistic son off at school in San Jose and her 4-year-old son off at day care every morning. After her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, was picked up and shuttled to a senior center, Gutierrez would drive to work as a licensed vocational nurse at a school for special needs students.
