Convicted murderer denied parole for 16th time
District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that on April 10, the California Board of Prison Terms denied parole for the 16th time to 70-year-old former Healdsburg resident Manuel Avalos Flores, who was convicted of the second degree murder of 23-year-old Ricoberto Arroyo in 1981.
Local salons adjust to opening with limited capacity
As Healdsburg hair salons start getting used to reopening, many are trying to strike a balance between rescheduling the mass list of clients who had appointments scheduled when the county’s shelter-in-place order was issued, and meeting or exceeding the guidelines set forth by the county and the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.
Sebastopol Police Logs, Dec. 27- Jan. 2
The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.
WSCUHSD board to appoint new trustee at Sept. 22 meeting
A new face may be joining the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) school board by the end of its Sept. 22 special meeting, where the board will interview and appoint a new trustee to take former trustee Laurie Fadave’s place.
What people took and forgot while evacuating
Sonoma West Publishers invited the newspaper’s Facebook friends to share what they took with them when they evacuated and what they accidentally left behind.
