Brewing adventure in Cloverdale
                    A new coffee kiosk, Rockin’ A Adventure Café, opened its drive-up windows to Cloverdale earlier this month. The adventure-themed café is located on South Cloverdale Boulevard in front of Renner Petroleum.                
                
            Copperfield’s seeks community’s help to purchase building
                    Copperfield’s Books is raising money to purchase the building they have rented in downtown Sebastopol for almost four decades.                
                
            Patrick Slayter is Sebastopol’s new(ish) mayor for 2020
                    The Sebastopol City Council chose Councilmember Patrick Slayter as the town’s mayor for 2020 at the city council meeting on Dec. 3.                
                
            Healdsburg moves forward with green ordinances
                    Council votes to go green with 2020 energy reach code, polystyrene foam ban                
                
            Car chase ends in death in custody
                    A Petaluma man, David Glen Ward, 52, was driving through west county in his own car in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 27, when he was mistaken for a carjacker and died after a struggle with Sonoma County sheriffs and Sebastopol police.                
                
            Winter shelter opens in Guerneville
                    Guerneville’s winter homeless center opened on a roll this week with its nightly free dinners lined up through the end of March.                
                
            Hike the Divide
                    Forestville thru-hiker makes a film about climate change activism along the Continental Divide                
                
            
















