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8:05 p.m. The first update of the night shows Rosa Reynoza out to a strong lead, with 2,709 votes, nearly double that of her two closest challengers, Jeffrey Leasure and Oscar Chavez who are tied with 1,000 votes each. Julia Donoho is close behind with 919 and Cody Wilson trails with 110.

Update: 4:30 p.m. May 5: A single additional vote added in the latest update show an even stronger victory for Measure C, with 70 in favor (85.37%) and 12 against (14.63%).Update: 8:10 p.m. Initial returns show the measure passing handily, however only 81 votes have been counted. Still 69 are in favor (85.19%) and 12 are against (14.81%).Update: Measure C asks if to reduce wildfire risk, preserve public safety and provide essential fire prevention services to our community, shall Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 20/21-0127-02 be adopted, establishing a special tax, including $400 per occupied residential parcel, $400 per parcel with Commercial Recreational uses, and $50 per vacant parcel, with estimated annual revenue of $50,000, for an eight fiscal year period (2021/2022-2028/2029), with annual audits and funds being used exclusively for wildfire hazard reduction services benefitting Special Tax Zone 1?

In a statement dated May 3, Windsor Unified School District Superintendent Jeremy Decker promoted Amy Zigler, current assistant principal at Windsor High School, to become the next principal at Windsor Middle School. Zigler accepted this promotion to be effective for the start of the 2021-2022 school year.

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In a statement dated May 3 it was announced that Windsor Unified School District Superintendent Jeremy Decker promoted Brian Williams, current principal of Windsor Middle School, to become the next principal at Windsor High School. This new assignment is to be effective for the start of the 2021-2022 school year.

Sonoma County secured $500,000 in state grant money mid-April to fund a study exploring alternative wastewater disposal options for the Monte Rio and Villa Grande communities along the lower Russian River, according to an April 19 press release from the California State Water Resources Control Board.

Cloverdale Mayor Jason Turner announced Tuesday morning, May 4, that he’ll be stepping down from the Cloverdale City Council following an opportunity to expand his skills in his professional career.

Three potential school site projects — including the modernization of all Healdsburg High School main building classrooms, the creation of a black box theater at the high school or the creation of an outdoor amphitheater at the high school — were identified during a recent update of the Healdsburg Unified School District’s (HUSD) facilities master plan.

Heather Kiyomi, the founder of the Elphick Road Plant Stand, put a sign up yesterday, May 2, announcing that she was closing the stand.

Earlier this spring, Jordan Vineyard & Winery announced the launch of a multi-year planting program to turn several acres of non-native grassland into a preserved habitat for pollinators such as the Western Monarch butterfly, natives bees and other insects.