Doctors raise alarm over hospital nurse pay changes
A change in the “on call” pay structure for operating room nurses recently provoked protests at a North Sonoma County Health Care District meeting, led by two physicians and the department’s director.
Local tribal citizens are advocating for more cultural burns
As smoke from the massive Dixie Fire made its way to Sonoma County, the Healdsburg Fire Department convened a group of fire ecologists, land management experts and stewardship specialists on Aug. 4 to provide a presentation to the community on fire ecology and how certain burns can help restore the land and work to help prevent devastating wildfires.
Healdsburg District Hospital reports 14 total COVID cases among health care workers
No cases of transmission to patients found
Congressman speaks to local students
United States Congressman Mike Thompson was met with much
Windsor Town Council reviews lighting and landscape district assessments
At its meeting on April 21, the Windsor Town Council proceeded with the second of three meetings regarding the assessments of the town’s lighting and landscape districts. The districts help support the cost of maintaining parks, streetlights, street landscaping and the Windsor Senior Center. An increase in the assessment cost based on the cost of living index is being proposed and will be discussed at a public hearing on Jun 16.
Vaccine shortages shut down SCOE clinic
In a statement released on Feb. 25, the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) announced it will be shutting down its teacher vaccination clinic next week due to lack of vaccine availability.
Short-term rental ordinance to be revised, reducing regulation for hosted rentals in Windsor
A draft ordinance that will regulate short-term rentals in Windsor came before the planning commission Jan. 11, with commissioners directing staff to revise the ordinance to reduce regulations for hosted rentals, focusing instead on non-hosted rentals, which commissioners agreed are more likely to pose immediate and long-term impacts to the community.
Firestorm response going from sprint to marathon
Our reporter joins Supervisor James Gore in the fire zone
Healdsburg Fire Hydrant Turns Into Urban Geyser, Thanks to Hit-and-Run Driver
In a much chiller-than-usual kind of emergency for local firefighters, “a sheared fire hydrant created a water hazard on Clear Ridge Drive, in the Parkland Farms subdivision in Healdsburg” on Thursday, according to the Press Democrat. “City fire and water crews took about 15 minutes...