Jefferson carnival, Sept. 20
Jefferson Elementary held its school carnival on Sept. 20. The carnival included an inflatable obstacle course, face painting, bean bag toss and more.
Please forgive me
It’s hard for me to imagine what it is like to be a young black man and to be the object of suspicion, fear and harassment for being myself, for being young and black. Our president says he knows what it’s like and that Trayvon Martin, the black teenager killed by a white neighborhood watch volunteer could have been him when he was a teenager. The boys assailant, George Zimmerman, was tried and acquitted and as far as I’m concerned, that is legally the end of the matter. But I can’t help wondering what it was like for Trayvon Martin, what it was like for Barack Obama, and what it was and is like for millions of young black men.
Farmworkers picket Simi Winery for worker rights and conditions
On the evening of Simi Winery’s harvest celebration dinner, dozens of farmworkers and advocates picketed outside the Healdsburg venue for hazard pay, improved working conditions and dignity for field workers Saturday night, Nov. 13.
Independent inquiry into HHS principal finds nothing to substantiate concerns
A recent, independent investigation into Healdsburg High School Principal Amy Jones-Kerr found nothing to substantiate concerns regarding Jones-Kerr’s leadership as former Roseland School District superintendent during a time when the district was receiving allegations of racism, inequity and favoritism.