Year in Review: Business and the economy
Over the next two weeks, Sonoma West Times & News will be rehashing 2020 in west county. We’ll be reviewing the biggest events in the economy, as well as covering topics such as COVID-19, health care, schools, homelessness and more.
School reopenings more common in rural areas and in private schools, state data shows
New state mapping data details California’s school-reopening divide, in which hundreds of school districts — mostly smaller and rural or inland — are offering in-person instruction to elementary students while many of the state’s largest, urban districts remain indefinitely in remote learning.
Duchamp Hotel addition gets OK
The six-room Duchamp Hotel on Foss Street will be revamped with the addition of 14 new rooms and a brand new lobby/amenity building.
Free COVID vaccine clinic in Windsor on May 30
This Sunday, May 30, individuals living in and around the Windsor area will have a unique opportunity to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a local area clinic without having to make an appointment.
Firearms Storage Ordinance Passes
Firearms owners will soon be required to place trigger locks on guns in their homes, or store them in locked gun safes, to reduce the possibility that a loaded weapon can end up in the hands of someone not familiar with safe firearm handling—or...
California mandates masks again
Starting Wednesday, Californians will once again be required to wear masks indoors in public places regardless of vaccination status, state health officials announced today.
Police Log, Sept. 2 – 8
2:52pm The RP at Syar Industries on Healdsburg Avenue indicated that a man went to the RP’s campsite and demanded property. When the RP did not give him a wheelbarrow, the man threw rocks at him. The RP was transferred to the Sheriff’s Office...
Newest member of Women’s Commission seeking to raise voices
Sebastopol’s Peg Rogers has long women’s rights advocacy career
A grim fire season outlook and a parched county: ‘All of these ingredients are not in our favor’
This summer is shaping up to have all of the key ingredients of an early and dangerous fire season. Exceptionally dry brush coupled with severe to extreme drought conditions in Sonoma County has fire chiefs worried about the potential for large wildfires, especially along the ridgetops of the coastline where it’s unusually dry for this time of year.
