California’s new goal: Vaccinate a million people in 10 days
Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
Local health experts discuss COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase began the Jan. 6 community briefing on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the county's newest numbers, joined by 5th District Supervisor and board chair Lynda Hopkins, Dr. Kismet Baldwin and other local public health officials on a panel.
Deadlock breaks, vacant council seat going to special election
Election will take place in May, with new member seated in June
Art installation on new roundabout evokes Earth and the cosmos
Features local stone and interactive LED lights
New year brings changes to how elected officials can engage on social media
California’s Brown Act — a law that outlines a set of rules that elected officials have to follow to ensure that local government business is conducted in open, transparent ways — had a slight facelift at the start of the year, with the addition of rules that address how government officials can or cannot engage with one another on social media.
Drive-thru food drive in Sebastopol on Jan. 18
Food for Thought (FFT) is holding a drive-thru food drive in Sebastopol on Monday, Jan. 18. The food drive is being held at the Sebastopol Grange from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
County regional parks adds new coastal land
At the end of 2020, the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District (Ag + Open Space) announced that it transferred ownership of Carrington Coast Ranch over to Sonoma County Regional Parks, cementing its future as a public regional park and open space.
State health order halts some non-essential surgeries in select counties
Surgery-related order amendments apply to counties with less than 10% ICU capacity; doesn’t apply to Sonoma County
WaccoBB, west county’s longtime online bulletin board, calls it a day
Faithful readers of WaccoBB’s daily newsletter got a shock on Monday when Barry Chertov, founder and moderator of the venerable online bulletin board, announced that “The time has come to close the WaccoBB.net website.”
The most important housing legislation you’ve never heard of
RHNA allocations are about to skyrocket, what that could mean for local housing and building
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Plaza reclaims its place as Healdsburg’s hub
Returning for its 10th year is Dia de Muertos, the Mexican folk holiday that has found a new home north of the border since 2016. Dia de Muertos was first recognized locally to mark Corazón’s inaugural community event, where it introduced the newly established organization to Healdsburg.
