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Helping seniors DASH around

Drivers Assisting Seniors in Healdsburg, DASH, was unveiled June 17 and had its first ride on June 25, and since then the program has completed around 200 rides in their all electric vehicles for residents over 60 years old.

LETERS TO THE EDITOR, 4-5-2012

Egg hunt

Public sessions on Local Coastal Plan begin on Oct. 26

Sonoma County’s Pacific coastline is a mostly public and pristine landscape of bluffs, beaches, redwood forests and a sprinkling of small settlements at Bodega Bay, Jenner, Timber Cove, Fort Ross, Stewart’s Point and Sea Ranch. This preservation of open space and free public access did not happen by accident. It took nearly a decade of local citizen action to stave off development forces and future negative impacts.

The value of recycled water – by Teresa Gudino

Did you know that less than one percent of the earth’s water is available for human consumption? As California’s population continues to increase, climate change and periodic drought affect the amount of water supply available, and the demand for water to meet the needs of aquatic life and our environment continues to grow. Having enough water supply to balance all of the needs is becoming increasingly complex. Many communities throughout California are faced with the challenge of coming up with new and innovative ways to maximize the supply of drinking water, also called potable water. Recycled water can play a key role in responding to this complex issue and helping provide local, reliable water supplies to meet California’s water needs.

NorCal Cannabis Cup

Sonoma County the ‘hub and heart of cannabis’

Toward a better Sonoma County

When the annual “state of the county” economic report and forecast focuses on the 3,600 lost hospitality service jobs instead of the interrupted travels of wine country tourists, we will find ourselves living in a better Sonoma County.

Inns tour nets money and food for food pantry

Keren Colsten from Haydon Street Inn dropped off hundreds of pounds of canned goods collected for the Healdsburg Shared Ministries Food Pantry at the annual Healdsburg Inns Tour. 

Proposition 25: Abolishing cash bail

As part of its statewide election coverage, CalMatters has given Sonoma West Publishers permission to use its explainers of state propositions. Scroll through the module below to learn about Proposition 25. 

Hogs: a girl’s best friend

It’s crunch time for the students participating in the

Highway 1 collisions north of Valley Road leaves one dead

A series of collisions and a fire north of Valley Road on Highway 1 late Friday night, April 10, left one driver dead and sent another to the hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
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