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It wasn’t the longest strike in American labor history — that was the nine-month United Mine Workers strike of 1946 — but it was a tense and nerve-wracking three days for striking high school teachers and besieged district administrators in west county.

Resource meetings have begun for victims and survivors of the Kincade Fire to help facilitate rebuilding and provide assistance to those that need it.

Green Mary wants you to check out her dishes. After all, they’re from a library.

This report is courtesy of the Humane Society of Sonoma County’s Healdsburg Center for Animals and may not reflect all animal control activities in the Healdsburg community. For more information call 431-3386.

The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries.

UPDATE, NOV. 20, 1:30 p.m.:  

This morning, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) began 48-hour advance notifications to customers about a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in portions of 22 counties. Worsening dry conditions and expected high wind gusts pose an increased risk for damage and sparks on the electric system that have the potential to ignite fires in areas with dry vegetation.

A mix of triumph and trepidation filled Guerneville School’s gym last Saturday when nearly 200 people showed up for a disaster workshop on October’s wildfire and potential future mass evacuations for western Sonoma County.

Some big decisions about PG&E will be made in the next few months, and local officials are realizing this could have enormous implications for Sonoma County.

Q: Reader Leonard Baron asked Sonoma West, “What’s going to be built on the large parcel next to the Redwood Shopping Center in Sebastopol?”