City to revisit strategic plan, energy efficiency at next meeting
While the agenda is a relatively short one for the upcoming Aug. 17 Healdsburg City Council meeting, there are a few items of interest such as discussing and approving updates to the city goals, a consideration to implement a temporary increase in the electric low-income discount and a consideration to adopt a resolution approving income-qualified energy efficiency programs.
Updates on COVID complications at next WUSD meeting
The agenda for the Aug. 18 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees is largely populated by updates, and those updates are primarily related to changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
County’s homeless crisis pushed to backburner by COVID-19 pandemic
Annual homeless count delayed as Grand Jury report is released
Man arrested after Sebastopol stabbing
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for attempted murder in Sebastopol on Thursday, Aug. 13. James Freeman, 37, of Sonoma, was arrested following a stabbing on 4500 block of Bartleson Road.
Man dies in custody in Guerneville
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) announced Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, that earlier in the day a man died while in custody in Guerneville.
Day at the Coast
The local Sonoma County coast is popular during these days of the COVID-19 pandemic when many people are seeking a respite from too much sheltering-in-place. Not all the coastal scenes are crowded beaches or closed parking lots. There are also some scenes that depict “life as normal.”
Bobcats, mountain lions sighted around Fitch Mountain
According to a number of posts on the social media page “What’s Happening Healdsburg” by several Fitch Mountain residents and neighbors, there have been several recent bobcat and mountain lion sightings throughout the area.
PG&E making progress and line hardening goals, adding weather stations and more
As fire season kicks in to high gear with heat waves slated for this weekend, PG&E is continuing its work across its service areas (PG&E provides electricity to most of the northern two-thirds of California, which represents 5.2 million households) to harden its system and implement measures to help reduce the risk of wildfire and to make public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) smaller in size and shorter in duration.
Sebastopol council wants to create a ‘People’s Lane’ down Main
Support also voiced for local small business loan program
