Drivers Asked to Turn Off Idling Cars
“Every time I go to Vineyard Plaza in Healdsburg I notice multiple parked vehicles with engines idling. I see people eating lunch, waiting for a pizza order, talking on the phone, listening to the radio while their car pollutes the air and makes noise,” wrote Steve Davy on Nextdoor. Some people have had enough...
Marijuana update: Growers staying in the black market
The news is good or bad, depending on how you feel about marijuana. According to the latest data gathered and posted online by New Frontier, the best of the cannabis research groups, only about 1 percent of California marijuana growers and manufacturers have received permits.
Healdsburg residents call for bold citywide climate action
Healdsburg residents and local climate activists gathered at City Hall on Aug. 2 to call for further city action to address climate change and the consequent drought that’s drastically altering the Russian River watershed and its water supply.
Sebastopol police chief pick withdraws, city to interview former candidate
The city of Sebastopol’s prized pick for a new police chief of the Sebastopol Police Department retracted his candidacy two weeks before he was scheduled to assume the role on Dec. 14, but an original staff favorite is now returning for interviews.
County’s crop value drops for a second year
Sonoma County saw the overall value of agricultural products












