Your questions answered about California’s new winter stay-at-home order
Gov. Gavin Newsom has imposed new pandemic restrictions with a conditional stay-at-home order to mitigate the effects of another surge in coronavirus cases. The number of confirmed patients in intensive care units in California was 708 on Nov. 1 and has steadily risen since.
West County environmentalists recognized
Sonoma County Conservation Council’s “Environmentalist of the Year” award to Rick Coates and Chris Poehlmann
Man arrested for stealing a hearse from Windsor mortuary
In a statement released on Dec. 5, the Santa Rosa Police Department announced an arrest in the theft of a hearse from the Windsor Healdsburg Mortuary staff.
Series of weather advisories issued for the coming days
The National Weather Service has issued a series of warnings for Sonoma County and the Bay Area, including a red flag warning, a wind advisory and a dangerous high surf warning.
Sonoma County not joining other Bay Area counties in preemptive shutdown
Differences in ICU bed numbers at heart of decision, concerns
WSCUHSD finalizes parcel tax measure for March election
The West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) board unanimously approved a resolution to order an election in March to levy a three-year annual $48 district parcel tax following a public hearing Friday morning.
Windsor Community Food & Toy Drive gearing up for a different kind of holiday
Windsor Kiwanis, the Rotary Club of Windsor and Santa Tim have been doing an annual food and toy giveaway for years, but like everything else in the pandemic year, things will be different. While local families can still receive toys and food for the holiday, and residents can still donate and volunteer their time to the endeavor, the realities of COVID have changed how it’s going to go.
Sebastopol Sunrise Rotary makes international news
The Rotary Club Sebastopol Sunrise’s international efforts to provide educational and health services around the world were the focus of an article in the international magazine “Rotary.” The issue focused on activities and projects by Rotary clubs all around the world that have been doing remote, virtual and socially distanced projects.
Arts center holding auction to help fund programs, supervised distance learning
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts, an esteemed brick-and-mortar venue and resource hub for local artists is thinking creatively to maintain programming and services like countless other organizations now that the pandemic has closed doors far and wide.
