Special closed session meeting to address lawsuit
At 6 p.m. tonight, June 29, there will be a special closed session meeting of the Windsor Town Council to conference with legal counsel over the lawsuit filed last week, stating that during an incident with Windsor police in July 2019 La’Marcus McDonald’s civil rights were violated. McDonald’s suit names the town of Windsor, three individual police officers, the county of Sonoma and Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick.
‘Big Pave’ on schedule, over budget
The Windsor-to-Geyserville Highway 101 paving project is on schedule, according to Caltrans, but unexpected field conditions have caused the cost to rise.
Educators, food workers join California’s priority list for vaccines
Educators, childcare workers, food and farm workers and first responders will join Californians age 65 and over who have priority to qualify for the coronavirus vaccine, state officials announced on Jan. 26.
Special budget workshop and shifted school board meeting on tap this week for Windsor
There will be two meetings of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees this week, though neither of them on the regular meeting day of Tuesday, to avoid a conflict with Election Day. The first is a bond budget workshop to determine the next expenditures of Measure F money, with the regular school board meeting following up on Thursday.
Corazon Healdsburg gets grant for preschool fair
American Association of University Women and First 5 provide funds
St. John School celebrates National Catholic Schools Week
National Catholic Schools Week is an annual celebration of what makes education at St. John Catholic School (SJS) outstanding. Starting with Sunday Mass on Jan. 29, SJS will have a week of activities planned to show what students are accomplishing and to celebrate the community they have built to educate tomorrow’s leaders.
How much do wildfires really cost California’s economy?
Not a single structure burned down in the city of South Lake Tahoe. And yet, the threat of the fast approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more.Â
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
