Five people have filed applications for vacant council seat in Cloverdale
As of Tuesday afternoon, June 1, the city of Cloverdale received five applicants for its vacant Cloverdale City Council seat. According to city clerk Irene Camacho-Werby, Joe Palla, Eric Sanders, Maeta Emmons, Nicole Garcia-Hinchliffe and Jenny Candelaria-Orr filed applications for the seat.
Want to learn more about Cloverdale’s hazard mitigation plan?
The city of Cloverdale is hosting a community workshop about its draft of the city’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and its General Plan Public Health and Safety Element. The plans help identify how the city can respond and protect community members from potential natural hazards and disasters.
Can California withstand a teacher retirement boom?
Earlier this year, the California State Teachers Retirement System issued an ominous statement: teacher retirements in California are projected to hit nearly record-breaking heights in 2021.
Sebastopol Police Logs, May 17-30
The following are excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.
Special CUSD meeting Tuesday covers summer maintenance, special job descriptions
The Cloverdale Unified School District Board of Trustees is holding a special meeting Tuesday, June 1, at 4:30 p.m. The special meeting will only address a small handful of items, including a presentation about the district’s summer maintenance project list and consideration of job descriptions for three expanded learning opportunities teacher job descriptions. The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. instead of the usual 6 p.m., and the Zoom link for it can be found here.
Sebastopol City Council preview
The Sebastopol City Council is facing a small agenda this week, with half of its public hearing items pushed back to a later date. What remains during the council’s June 1 meeting is a public hearing on the annual assessment of the city’s Lighting Special Assessment District, a public hearing on weed abatement, approval of a letter of support for AB 965 and giving direction on which mayor to appoint to the 2021 City Selection Committee and Sonoma County Mayors and Councilmembers Association, following the resignation of Cloverdale’s mayor.
Henry Hersch, mentor to many, dies at 95
He led numerous other civic causes, including the 1999 campaign to save Healdsburg District Hospital
Armstrong Woods opening postponed
Someday in the summer, nature-lovers may step foot into the Armstrong Woods state park, but they weren’t able to in time for Memorial Day weekend this year, according to Michele Luna, executive director of Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods.
Remembering a local lieutenant
Each Memorial Day, I submit stories of Cloverdale soldiers who have died in service to our country. In the Veterans Building at 205 W. First St., we have a memorial wall of all the Cloverdale servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. On this Memorial Day we honor the sacrifice of Second Lieutenant Richard Wells who lived on Commercial Street, just down the street from the Veteran’s building.
