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October 20, 2026

Commercial Dungeness season delayed, will open after Thanksgiving

Crab pot gear poses potential harm to migrating whales

WSCUHSD discussing the possibility of parcel tax feasibility survey

Meeting will be held Friday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m.

Cloverdale Torch Run, Nov. 4

On Wednesday, Nov. 4 the Cloverdale Police Department participated in the Special Olympics Torch Run for Sonoma County law enforcement. 

Foppoli tests positive for COVID, apologizes after backlash for attending an event

The Nov. 4 meeting of the Windsor town council started off unusually, with an apology from current and projected future mayor, Dominic Foppoli. Foppoli, who looks on track to be Windsor’s first elected mayor (he currently holds the title under the old system of council-nominated mayors), wanted to respond to recent outcry over his decision to attend a town event after a positive COVID test.

Newcomers elected to the WSCUHSD board

The winners of the West Sonoma County Union School District board election are

Registrar doing inventory of ballots, election numbers won’t change until the weekend

County precincts are showing as being 100% reported and the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters’ office is hard at working tallying the remaining ballots from voters who dropped off or mailed in their ballot. To get a better idea of when voters can expect more election numbers to come in, as well as get a better picture of where the registrar’s office is at with ballot counting, we spoke with Sonoma County Registrar of Voters and Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Deva Marie Proto.

Lands, Bagby slated to take seats on council

With all precinct votes tallied and an unknown number of mail-in ballots left to count, the two open Cloverdale City Council seats are projected to go to Todd Lands and incumbent Melanie Bagby.

Foppoli and Fudge in the lead in Windsor races

But many ballots still outstanding; final count not due until Dec. 3

Challenger Diana Rich tops Sebastopol council race

Incumbent Neysa Hinton has slim lead over Evert Fernandez for second seat

Measure O poised to pass

Measure O — the Sonoma County quarter-cent sales tax proposed to fund mental health and addiction services and facilities for children, adults, seniors, veterans and those experiencing homelessness — appears to be passing as of Wednesday morning, Nov. 4.
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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.

How Peptoc won the internet