Winery pulls out of permit appeal
An on-again, off-again rejection and appeal for a proposed 10,000 case winery at 4603 Westside Road is now off and may be permanently scrubbed after it was first filed for zoning and use permits in May 2014 and rejected by the county’s Board of Zoning Adjustments on a 5-0 vote in June 2017.
Healdsburg Year in Review: Schools
Every year, SoCoNews compiles a list of the year’s most noteworthy events, happenings and newsmakers and writes a comprehensive timeline that looks back at the year.
Huffman: Defend the environment meeting, Jan. 26
Second District Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) will host a town hall on defending the environment and protecting forward progress on addressing climate change on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Petaluma Santa Rosa Junior College campus. The discussion will focus on the new political situation in Washington D.C. and how constituents can get involved and take action in the days ahead.
State Windfall Brings $21 Million to Healdsburg
Stephen Sotomayor, the housing director for the City of Healdsburg, announced last week that Freebird Development, in partnership with Jamboree Housing, has been awarded $21.1 million in funding from the State of California’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program.
This funding, approved by the...
Healdsburg Cancels Fireworks for Fourth of July 2024
The City of Healdsburg has canceled its fireworks show this Fourth of July, thanks to this especially fire-friendly heat wave passing through.
The show was going to be staged at Healdsburg High School, per usual. City officials promised it would be “bigger and better than...
Water safety during the pandemic
Co-chair of Sebastopol’s Learn to Swim program talks water safety in light of recent river and beach openings
