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Students in the far west regions of Sonoma County are concerned about how they'll be getting to school this fall. With the pending consolidation between El Molino High School and Analy High School, the district's transportation services have been a point of concern for many in the community for months. Superintendent of West Sonoma County High School District Toni Beal said that she and the school board can confirm that the district will be providing transportation options next school year.

On June 7, the Healdsburg City Council adopted a resolution that requires all commercial, residential and industrial customers to achieve a 40% reduction in water usage, or provide the city with a request for exemption that includes that good faith efforts have been made to achieve the highest level of water reduction for the customer.

Cloverdale Wellness, a dispensary on South Cloverdale Boulevard, opened its virtual doors earlier this year. While Cloverdale Wellness opened up for both curbside and delivery service on April 20, the doors to its South Cloverdale Boulevard location will remain closed until July 1.

Around 120 Fitch Mountain residents participated in a community evacuation drill on Saturday, June 5. The drill — which was organized by the Sonoma County Office of Emergency Management, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office, the city of Healdsburg and local COPE groups — started at 8 a.m.

Two suspects have been arrested in relation to a homicide at the Park Ridge Apartments in Rohnert Park, and one of them is from Windsor.

A fire department pick-up truck from a Sonoma County Fire District (SCFD) station in Windsor was recovered following a theft that ended in a crash outside of Healdsburg.

This week, the Cloverdale City Council is interviewing five candidates who threw their hats into the ring to fill a vacant council seat that’s set to expire in December 2022. Those five candidates — Joe Palla, Eric Sanders, Maeta Emmons, Nicole Garcia-Hinchliffe and Jenny Candelaria-Orr — will be interviewed during the Cloverdale City Council meeting on June 9.

The Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery reopened this past weekend, debuting a new art exhibit titled “Impression.”

The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership is setting up shop around the region on Saturday, June 12 to hand out free water-saving kits to local residents. The Drought Drop By will be at the Cloverdale Plaza on June 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or while supplies last.

School children are often told that their education is a marathon and not a sprint. That proved to be true for the end of the Windsor High School Class of 2021 as a marathon of graduations allowed them to experience an in-person graduation at Fitzpatrick Stadium on June 5.