Friday Night Live is back this year, but starting later than usual
Fans of Cloverdale’s live music scene can dust off their dancing shoes — Friday Night Live will be back in July.
Spring carnival coming to Cloverdale
The carnival is coming to Cloverdale. Beginning Thursday, May 6, and running through Sunday, May 9, Butler Amusements — the carnival operator behind the games and rides usually at the Cloverdale Citrus Fair — will be back in Cloverdale.
Reynoza has a strong lead in Windsor Town Council race
In the midst of a tumultuous few weeks in Windsor, town residents headed to the polls this week to vote in a special election for a Windsor town council seat left vacant in November. It appears the fourth time is the charm for Rosa Reynoza, as early returns show her with a strong lead in initial tallies.
Sonoma County is updating its community wildfire protection plan and seeking community input
Fire Safe Sonoma is hosting a set of workshops in early May to solicit input on the update of the Sonoma County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), which was last updated in 2016.
Cityscape: Drought requires 20% water conservation
It’s as dry as a bone out there. Our region has received less than one-third the normal amount of rainfall to date – 13 inches of rain compared to an average of 38 inches. As a result, on April 21, the day before Earth Day, the State of California declared a drought emergency in the Russian River watershed, which spans Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
Our overlapping droughts
It’s official: Sonoma County is now suffering through multiple droughts, all at the same time. Some are related to one another and some are not. Some are being worsened by the coronavirus pandemic and its related economic impacts. One of the droughts we can mostly blame on Mother Nature, but the others are totally on us.
WSCUHSD board to discuss postponing rebranding timeline
The West Sonoma County Union High School District board will discuss Superintendent Toni Beal’s request to consider postponing the campus rebranding of Analy High School and Laguna High School at a special board meeting over Zoom at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, according to the agenda sent early Tuesday evening.
