Social distancing: A refresher course
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth week locally, early reports indicate that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 19 order to shelter-in-place and subsequent “social distancing” are helping to keep demands on the local health care system below capacity.
Star assessment shows improvement in math for elementary schools
HES and charter school to introduce new learning initiatives
Recent Drug, Firearms Busts ‘Alarming’
Two recent arrests in Healdsburg for drug and firearms violations, both publicized by Healdsburg Police on their social media platforms, raised eyebrows among readers and residents as they demonstrate that the crimes of firearms and narcotics are not limited to urban areas, but are present in Healdsburg as well.
U.S. Navy veteran’s treasures donated to Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
Cliff Stewart donates handmade WWII bat and ball to museum
Where a love of books meets a love for clothes
Downtown store Erin Mavis branching out by hosting book pop-up shop, launching book club on July 27
West county gears for radio communications in disaster scenarios
“This is drill traffic. We have reports of a heart attack in the outlying area of Sebastopol — this is a drill, this is a drill,” a radio operator in Sebastopol relayed to Darryl Paule in a small office of the Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management in Santa Rosa.
McNulty named dispatcher of the year
Katerine (K.T.) McNulty, a dispatch operations manager for the Redwood Empire Dispatch Communications Authority (REDCOM), Operated by American Medical Response (AMR) in Santa Rosa, has been named Dispatcher of the Year by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED).
