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SPONSORED ADVERTORIAL - The Sonoma County Energy and Sustainability Division is proud to announce an exciting expansion to the county’s Energy Independence Program. Originally debuting in 2009, the program has helped fund thousands of projects and has been instrumental in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and expanding county-wide job creation.

Editor’s note: The references to “county ordinance” in this week’s logs are instances where the police have been asked to look into violations of the shelter in place order.

This week we’re featuring a bonded pair that will need to be adopted together. Amax and Koko are a pair of senior white Maltipoos (Poodle/Maltese mixes). We believe they are 9 years old, but don't tell them because they still act like young dogs. If you want to adopt these two, don't think they are just going to be couch potatoes — they are plenty active.

Corazón Healdsburg is rolling out several programs to help the most vulnerable in the community, low-income families, migrant workers and those in need of fresh food, during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated shelter in place order.

Folks can view live streams with notable residents or participate in doorway decorating

Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) students are actively engaging in distance learning, however, some families are still without internet access and the district is hoping to purchase 50 Wi-Fi hotspots to distribute to those in need, according to an update from Erin Fender, the district’s director of curriculum and instruction.

Low-income Healdsburg residents who participate in the City Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program will now have 100% of their electric bill taken care of by the city for the next three months, until June, in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the financial stress it may cause families.

With kids home from school and parents home from work, many local families are having to adjust to a new temporary-normal. In an effort to catalog this new way of life, community members in Geyserville and Healdsburg have begun taking “porch portraits” of families in front of their houses.

No, there hasn’t been a sudden influx of wolves or a sudden increase in coyotes in west county over the last week. That howling you’ve been hearing every night around 8 p.m. is part of a safely distanced, social solidarity movement — a primal howl, recognizing the continuation of life and existence in the face of the coronavirus threat.

The Sebastopol Area Senior Center may be closed to visitors, but its staff is still hard at work — and it's stepping up to the coronavirus challenge in a big way.