District facing uncertain financial outlook
As a result of COVID-19, HUSD is anticipating lower state and federal education dollars, drop in local property tax
Schools are not ‘business as usual’
When the Healdsburg Education Foundation (HEF) committed to purchasing Chromebooks for every HUSD student in grades six to 12 back in 2016, no one could have imagined how vital the initiative would be in responding to the historic global health and economic crisis in which we find ourselves today.Â
Healdsburg winery owner, car collector Ketcham dies at 65
Classic cars, family, good food and great wine.
Fire destroys large barn at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
A large barn on the the property of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center went up in flames on Tuesday night. Though the flames could be seen for miles, the fire was contained to the barn and didn't damage any of the other buildings on the site.
Sebastopol Center for the Arts sets up online
Like many nonprofits, Sebastopol Center for the Arts (SCA) has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The center makes most of its money from art classes for adults and children and from renting its space for events, both of which are temporarily verboten under the shelter-in-place order.
The disintegration of the wine tourism economy
The welcome mat for Sonoma County’s wine country was rolled up several weeks ago in the midst of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place, and there is no prediction of when it might be rolled out again. Only a little over one quarter (27.8%) of the county’s 7,000 lodging rooms were occupied at the beginning of this month, down from an average occupancy rate of 78% from a year ago.
County’s hospitality industry hit hardest in COVID outbreak
The welcome mat for Sonoma County’s wine country was rolled up several weeks ago in the midst of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place, and there is no prediction of when it might be rolled out again. Only a little over one quarter (27.8%) of the county’s 7,000 lodging rooms were occupied at the beginning of this month, down from an average occupancy rate of 78% from a year ago.
