Students, staff protest Cali music cuts
Members of the Windsor School Board were greeted with chants of
Windsor holding special council meeting to discuss redistricting Sept. 27
The Windsor Town Council will meet for a special session Monday at 6 p.m. to conduct a public hearing and receive public input about district boundaries.
Healdsburg students compete in academic competition in Greece
Five seventh graders at The Healdsburg School have made the finals of the World Scholar’s Cup after scoring highly in a round of the academic competition in Athens, Greece.
Trunk or Treat, Oct. 31
The Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds was home to this year's annual Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 31, giving kids the opportunity to trick-or-treat out of the trunks of community members' decorated cars.Â
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.
Healdsburg moving forward with consultant to address equity, diversity and inclusion
The City of Healdsburg is moving forward with plans to work with equity consultant Acosta Latino Learning Partnership (ALLP) in an effort to nurture and improve diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the Healdsburg community.
Sebastopol World Friends responds to the Ukraine crisis
Editor's note: In mid-February, Steven Levenberg of Sebastopol World Friends penned an article about Ukraine-Russia tensions. A follow-up to the initial article, sent to SoCoNews on March 8, is below.Â
County receives HUD waiver to skip 2021 homeless count
With a waiver from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the county will not conduct the full 2021 Sonoma County Point-in-Time Count of homeless residents this year, according to the Ending Homelessness program manager for the county’s Community Development Commission (CDC).
CalFire releases fire damage assessment map
While damage assessment is still ongoing for the Walbridge and Meyers fires, and the LNU Lightening Complex as a whole, CalFire has released a map of properties damaged and destroyed that includes an interactive feature where residents can input their address to see if their home has been destroyed or damaged, or if it is still intact with no sustained damage.