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The city of Sebastopol heralded its new leaders as the city council unanimously appointed former Vice Mayor Una Glass as the new mayor and Councilmember Sarah Glade Gurney as vice mayor at the Dec. 1 city council meeting. Newly elected Councilmember Diana Rich beamed, taking her virtual seat at the table over Zoom while Neysa Hinton returned to hers and Michael Carnacchi bade the council farewell. 

The Legacy’s Annual Holiday Bazaar is a wonderful Sebastopol tradition and, like everything else this year, it’s a little different because of COVID-19. This year, instead of making a temporary home in a vacant storefront, it’s being held at the spacious, high-ceilinged Community Cultural Center on Morris Street, which will make social distancing easier.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new set of stay-at-home orders and restrictions on Dec. 3, that threaten to significantly impact the holiday season. The new order is based on ICU bed capacity that is narrowing significantly, with cases threatening to overwhelm the healthcare system, and is based on regions rather than counties.

Deadline is Dec. 15, deadline to apply for federal disaster aid is Dec. 16

The Sonoma County Library recently launched a “send our seniors mail” program where folks can send decorated cards, postcards, hand-written messages or even drawings to seniors in local senior-care facilities this holiday season.

Deadlock leads to two-pronged approach

Voices art on the Plaza

Also approves conditions to potentially delay consolidation

MONDAY, NOV. 23

Residents of Windsor are invited to come to the Mary Agatha Furth Center at 8400 Old Redwood Highway on Saturday, Dec. 19, from noon to 4 p.m., to pick up free, fully-cooked holiday dinners as part of a “Feed the Hungry” program for members of the local community. The “warm and serve” meals will be available in a drive-thru format.