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At a special Sebastopol City Council meeting this Wednesday, Aug. 12, the city council members will receive a presentation from CoMission about the local business survey and microsurvey it conducted. The council will also be discussing direction and action relating to helping businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting, dubbed a “council study session” will be conducted virtually from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Details to attend via Zoom are located here. 

Windsor police and other local law enforcement agencies were a bit busier than normal this weekend, with two significant calls that garnered a lot of attention and concern.

According to the latest COVID-19 case data by race/ethnicity released by the County of Sonoma, the Latinx/Hispanic population currently accounts for 51% of the coronavirus cases in the county, whereas, only 17% of the county’s cases are among the white demographic. While the disproportionate case numbers (Latinx/Hispanic people make up 25.6% of the county’s population) look grim, local nonprofits and outreach organizations such as Corazón Healdsburg and California Rural Legal Assistance Inc., are reminding folks that help is available for food, rental, housing and legal assistance.

Decker is starting his tenure at WUSD under a bizarre series of circumstances, and is preaching patience and community

This is a challenging time for our community, and the Sonoma County Library is here to help with back-to-school needs. Are you a parent of a school-age child or children? A student yourself? Maybe you want to enrich your self-learning. The library has put together a list of resources you may find useful for the school year, and beyond. 

There will be a variety of seats up for decision by Windsor voters this fall, and with the initial filing deadline in the rearview mirror, the individual races are starting to shape up. The filing deadline was Aug. 7 and not everyone who officially considered a candidacy by “pulling papers” finalized their applications.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is asking the public to voice their opinions on what to do with funds from a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) following the October 2017 fires.

As people started ringing in the new year, Antonia Garza, a Forestville working mom, law school student and middle school volleyball coach, was contemplating what she wanted to accomplish in 2020 and what improvements could be made at her paralegal business where she does legal document preparation for family law.

Former Stumptown first named Guerneville in 1870 with first post office

The Sebastopol City Council is holding a study session on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss the possible county purchase of the Sebastopol Inn, located at 6751 Sebastopol Ave., for the state’s Project Homekey program, which is the next step in the state’s homeless response efforts.