El Molino High School sends off its final graduating class
El Molino High School delivered its final graduating class on Thursday, June 3, capping a year that was historic on both a national and neighborhood level.
North Bay Met and Windsor Oaks academies graduate the Class of 2021
The alternative high schools of Windsor — North Bay Met Academy (NMB) and Windsor Oaks Academy (WOA) — celebrated their 2021 graduates with an in-person ceremony in their quad on June 3.
Last class of Analy walks across the stage
The last graduates of Analy High School walked across the stage on June 3, an emotional and historic moment for graduating seniors of the Class of 2021, families, parents and faculty as the school is set to consolidate with El Molino High School this fall. While the schools are consolidating on to the Analy High School campus, the west county school board is working on rebranding the school with a new name.
Laguna graduating class nearly three times the size of last year’s
Laguna High School celebrated a boom of graduates Thursday morning, June 3, while dozens of families smiled and squinted under the high sun, flowers and balloons in hand. Some stood or sat in lawn chairs, attending the ceremony on the campus basketball courts from the other side of the fence.
FPPC commences investigation into Foppoli campaign spending
The state of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has informed former Windsor mayor Dominic Foppoli and the Friends of Dominic Foppoli for Mayor 2020 campaign that it has commenced an investigation into Foppoli’s campaign spending.
Salmon in as mayor, filling his seat becomes new focus
At the June 2 meeting on the Windsor Town Council, the door was closed on the local political career of former mayor Dominic Foppoli, but it was clear there is still a deep political divide in the town that will continue for some time, as Vice Mayor Sam Salmon was appointed mayor, but plans to fill his seat ended in a deadlock with the council in stalemate.
Board of supervisors approves over $3.7 million in grant funding for fire fuel reduction
On May 28, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved $3,722,160 in grant funding for 20 vegetation management projects across Sonoma County that will help reduce wildfire risk in the 2021 and 2022 fire seasons.
California extends outdoor dining, to-go drinks through Dec. 31
When Los Angeles shut down indoor dining, DK Marikan did everything in his power to reinvent his 28-year-old Mediterranean restaurant and deli to keep it afloat.
Halved
These days, just about everywhere we look, we are being “halved.” For instance, half of all Americans have now had their COVID-19 vaccinations. (Half of the other half doesn’t believe in vaccinations.) According to one recent opinion poll, half of Republican voters still think the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen from Trump. Half of the rest of us can’t believe this is happening.
