Healdsburg City Council selects Gold as next mayor
Councilmember Evelyn Mitchell to take Gold’s seat as vice mayor
Rob Daly takes the helm at Acre Coffee
Acre Coffee announced this morning that it has changed ownership. Founder Steve Decosse has sold the ownership of the coffee portion of the business to longtime local coffee guy, Rob Daly, former CEO of Taylor Maid Coffee (before it became Taylor Lane).
City Hikes Water Rates for Healdsburg Residents
Rates for both water and wastewater services will rise, as reflected on the next City of Healdsburg utility bill, which residents should receive soon.
While the cause is not directly related to the ongoing drought or persistent pandemic, there’s little doubt that the two emergencies...
Congressman Huffman holds town hall in response to Capitol insurrection
Congressman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, held a virtual town hall on Jan. 12 to address questions and provide a report on the violent pro-Trump mob of insurrectionists that assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6 during the certification of the electoral college results. The rampage led to the death of five people, including Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick.
Q&A with city council candidate Evert Fernandez
Two seats on the Sebastopol City Council are up for election on Nov. 3. Both of the incumbents, Michael Carnacchi and Neysa Hinton are seeking re-election. Challengers in the race are Evaristo "Evert" Fernandez, Diana Rich and Vaughn Richard Higginbotham. Sonoma West Times & News submitted questions to the candidates. Fernandez's responses are included here in a Q&A format. The responses have been edited for length in some places.
Healdsburg Chamber installs new officers to begin a new year
There was a changing of the guard at the annual meeting of the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce as the board chair’s gavel was passed from Cartograph Wines owner Alan Baker to Shelley Anderson, of the Healdsburg High Academic Internship Program. New and returning board members also took the oath of office during the meeting, held March 5 at the CraftWork space in the downtown Mitchell Center.
