Sebastopol City Council to discuss budget priorities
At the last city council meeting, Mayor Una Glass, who is also on the city's budget subcommittee, began a discussion on the topic of “Relaunching Sebastopol,” but that turned almost immediately into a request for guidance from the council as a whole about city priorities.
County’s cannabis conversation gets a reset
Sonoma County’s conversation over commercial cannabis cultivation hit a big reset Tuesday morning, May 17, when the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to require themselves to conduct a full-blown programmatic environmental impact report (EIR) prior to completing any updates to the current commercial cannabis cultivation ordinance first adopted in 2018.
Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
When James Brumder and his wife Louise Gonzalez moved into their home tucked up against the mountains northeast of Los Angeles, he applied all his know-how to the task of undoing the thirsty garden they inherited.
PG&E, city getting power back on for residents after citywide outage
Power is trickling back for Healdsburg residents after a citywide power outage occurred around the 2 p.m., an hour after PG&E work behind the Badger Park substation started a small grass fire, according to Healdsburg Fire officials.
Sebastopol City Council preview
At its meeting on Tuesday, May 18, the Sebastopol City Council will be holding a public hearing about a program meant to outline the inspection and repair of sewer laterals and will be viewing a handful of presentations ranging in topic from the Russian River Watershed Association to PG&E’s community wildfire program to the city’s own fire department. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and to view the council agenda and corresponding meeting Zoom link, click here.
Paul Cronin hired as new Jags football coach
Cardinal Newman icon comes to Windsor after 18 years at the school
Sculptor Spotlight: Boback Emad
Boback Emad’s sculpture “Shadows of Eternity” was donated to the city of Cloverdale by the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation in 2010 after winning Best of Show in the 2009 Sculpture Exhibit. This sculpture is located in the park setting across from the Citrus Fair. The piece is composed of a stainless-steel ring and Corten steel square tubing. Corten is a rust-colored steel with nickel, providing a natural deep red finish that will not rust beyond the surface.
