Return to school in 2020 looking unlikely in Windsor
District learning challenges continue, but county cases don’t support in-person instruction
City council candidate Vaughn Higginbotham’s candidate statement
Two seats on the Sebastopol City Council are up for election on Nov. 3. Both of the incumbents, Michael Carnacchi and Neysa Hinton are seeking re-election. Challengers in the race are Evaristo "Evert" Fernandez, Diana Rich and Vaughn Richard Higginbotham. Sonoma West Times & News submitted questions to the candidates. The responses have been edited for length in some places.
Q&A with city council candidate Michael Carnacchi
Two seats on the Sebastopol City Council are up for election on Nov. 3. Both of the incumbents, Michael Carnacchi and Neysa Hinton are seeking re-election. Challengers in the race are Evaristo "Evert" Fernandez, Diana Rich and Vaughn Richard Higginbotham. Sonoma West Times & News submitted questions to the candidates. Carnacchi's responses are included here in a Q&A format. The responses have been edited for length in some places.
Santa Rosa man pleads no contest for vehicular manslaughter near Sebastopol
Santa Rosa resident Wayne Thomas, 64, was sentenced to a year in county jail on Friday, Sept. 25, after pleading no contest to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for the September 2018 death of Sebastopol resident Guadalupe Martinez.
‘Totally inadequate’: Most Californians in wildfire-prone counties aren’t signed up for emergency alerts
Tracey Aldrich had never heard of CodeRED, Butte County’s opt-in emergency notification system, until she came upon a roadblock leading up to her mother’s house in August. At the roadblock, police told her a firestorm was bearing down on her mother’s neighborhood in Berry Creek. Neither she nor her mother had received any evacuation warnings.Â
Q&A with city council candidate Melanie Bagby
Five candidates are vying for a spot on the Cloverdale City Council this year. Two seats, currently held by Melanie Bagby and Mary Ann Brigham, are up for election in November. In the coming days, we’re going to feature Q&As with the council candidates — Bagby, Brigham, Jenny Candelaria-Orr, Nicole Garcia-Hinchliffe and Todd Lands.
Fifteen schools applied for reopening waivers, but only one approved
Two schools in Healdsburg and one in Windsor among those asked to provide more information
Measure asks voters to OK the sale of hospital
For perhaps the fifth or sixth time since 1998, voters and property owners of north Sonoma County are being asked to keep their hospital in Healdsburg open and providing critical access and emergency room care. This time, the measure in question on the Nov. 3 ballot seeks approval of a purchase agreement for the hospital with NorCal HealthConnect, LLC, a secular affiliate of Providence St. Joseph Health that owns Santa Rosa’s Memorial Hospital.
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 8, 2020
Two of the letters we received this week are about the rate increase for Cloverdale's water. Both letters have conflicting information. To view the city's announcement about proposed water rates, go here-Â https://www.cloverdale.net/DocumentCenter/View/4336/Proposition-218-Public-Hearing-Notice---2020-PDF
Linda and Joe Maloney chosen as Locals Who Make a Difference
The city of Sebastopol has chosen Joe and Linda Maloney as the next Locals Who Make a Difference. The couple was honored at the Sept. 1 city council meeting. Their faces will soon adorn banners on Main Street.
