New board members seated ahead of meaty agenda at WUSD meeting
The Dec. 15 Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) Board of Trustees meeting will kick off with the swearing in of returning trustee Bill Adams and new trustee Malinalli Lopez, followed by the restructuring of the board and the assignment of committees and school sites.
North county’s hospital exiting challenging year under new ownership
Final papers expected to be signed this week as COVID-19 pandemic continues
County up against state deadline for Sebastopol Inn
Sebastopol mayor and West County Community Services director discuss Sebastopol Inn
“Adopt a Rhino” program gives stockings and gift cards to Laguna students
Laguna High School’s principal and office manager, donning holiday string light necklaces, headbands topped with festive trees and masks, spent the afternoon of Dec. 10 handing out large red stockings peppered in gold stars to students and families at a table in front of the parking lot on Taft Street.
COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians
Seven days a week, San Francisco’s public health laboratory operates until midnight. Workers are exhausted, their director says. And still, the COVID-19 specimens keep coming in their little plastic tubes, with test results expected quickly to help manage California’s alarming surge of infections.
Catalytic converter thefts target Toyota Priuses in Sebastopol
A dozen catalytic converter thefts have targeted mostly Toyota Priuses throughout Sebastopol since June.
Packed schedule for next town council meeting
Council seat vacancy, growth report and new fire district impact fees up for discussion
Sonoma County to adopt preemptive stay-at-home order
In a statement on Dec. 10, the county announced that due to rising COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations, Sonoma County will join six other Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley in preemptively adopting the California Department of Public Health’s Stay-Home Order beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12. The local order adopts the restrictions contained within the state’s recently announced Regional Stay-at-Home order.
Cheerful Grove
The annual Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove is in full swing at the Windsor Town Green. Two hundred trees sport lights and décor from local families, business, nonprofits, classrooms and more. This year, a prescribed path through the trees has been laid out to help with social distancing. The center piece of the grove is the blindingly decorated pavilion which plays host to a few special trees, including one from the Sonoma County Fire District, which this year hits a new level of decorating that celebrates the air tankers and water-dropping helicopters that were so instrumental in curtailing this year’s wildfires. Overlooking the entire Green is the town’s own Christmas tree, covered with lights.
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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.
