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Santa, lights and tractors spread holiday cheer

Sonoma County Transit’s route 67 in Healdsburg, a free bus route that loops around the city, is now operating with an all-electric shuttle bus.

While the Kincade Fire did not damage the number of homes that the 2017’s fires did, its impacts were felt more directly on north county, with the communities of Windsor, Healdsburg and Geyserville being completely evacuated as the fire approached.

In any normal housing market when interest rates are so high, one would expect the market to be strongly in favor of buyers with properties struggling to sell, but that is not the case. For example, houses on Marian Lane, Sunnyside Dr. and Chiquita Rd. all sold this year and all got five offers. Inventory levels, still hovering around three months, also point to a sellers’ market. ...

A plethora of new laws have gone into affect in the new year, some with significant potential affects. Here are the highlights.

Agenda packed night also discusses new high school classes and graduation requirements

The city council’s three open seats now presents a wider opportunity for at least two new council members come December, as Mayor Ozzy Jimenez has opted not to seek election to the seat to which he was appointed two years ago. Jimenez had been reluctant...

Buckle up for the West Sonoma County Union High School District board’s upcoming meeting, to include the last public hearing on trustee voting areas before trustees choose a map that evening. The hefty agenda and Zoom info for the 6 p.m. meeting Wednesday, Dec. 15, is right here.

It’s official: Sonoma County is now suffering through multiple droughts, all at the same time. Some are related to one another and some are not. Some are being worsened by the coronavirus pandemic and its related economic impacts. One of the droughts we can mostly blame on Mother Nature, but the others are totally on us.