Healdsburg council adopts revised Emergency Operations Plan
During a recent Healdsburg City Council meeting, a resolution was approved to update the Healdsburg Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). The update is meant to create a plan that will reflect increased community engagement as well as address new forms of emergency circumstances. The resolution received positive feedback and was successfully approved unanimously.
Newsom signs homelessness funding bill in Sebastopol
Gov. Gavin Newsom headed to Sebastopol on July 19 to sign a $12 billion trailer bill addressing homelessness, as part of his California Comeback Plan.
Local Latinos look ahead at growing electoral influence
Recent election top vote getters included first-time Latino candidates
Herrington testifies before congress on disaster impacts on schools
On June 5, Steven D. Herrington, Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools, testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. The hearing, titled, “This is Not a Drill: Education-Related Response and Recovery in the Wake of Natural Disasters” was held at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Sebastopol council considering amendments to parking ordinance, fine structure
During the next Sebastopol City Council meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, April 19 at 6 p.m., the city council is slated to hold two public hearings — one to amend the language in the city’s parking ordinance, and another that seeks to introduce an increased parking fine structure for the city. Additionally, council members will receive presentations about Ives Pool and about the city’s Relaunch Sebastopol campaign, a report from the Committee for the Unhoused, and consider standard conditions of approval for development projects, merging the city’s Zero Waste and Climate Action committees, as well as potentially adopting the city’s Local Road Safety Plan, among other items.
SLIDESHOW: At the Future Farmers Country Fair
Some memories from the 69th Annual Future Farmers Fair.
AAUW ends year with gifts to schools
In December the local American Association of University Women chapter did double duty in its mission to promote education.
Sebastopol Hardware lends a hand to local restaurants
Not all businesses are suffering during shelter in place. Some, like grocery, gardening and hardware stores, are doing land-office business. Now one of those businesses, Sebastopol Hardware, is reaching out to one of the hardest hit sectors of the economy — local restaurants.
