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Following multiple years of wildfires and a sense that this is in fact “the new normal,” it seems like an ideal time to pitch a sales tax increase to cover revamping and expanding fire services. However, plans for change and expansion have been in the works prior to the current sense of urgency. On the March ballot, Measure G, if approved, will add a half-cent to sales tax throughout the county.

 

The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries

Evening of dining and live music supports local musical education programs

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.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The special goal-setting meeting was cancelled and will be rescheduled for another day.

The Dry Creek Valley Citizens Advisory Council (DCVCAC) voted to recommend part of a winery permit modification from Zo Wines. Part of the permit modification request was approved in a 4-0 vote during the council’s Jan. 16 meeting, with new councilmember Bob Mullen absent (Mullen left just prior to the motion being introduced).

This is part two of a two-part profile on Fifth District Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, who is running for a second term in the upcoming election on March 3. Find part 1, "Lynda Hopkins’ first term was a trial by fire and flood," Jan. 22, 2020, at sonomawest.com.

High school district makes teacher raises official — financial cuts loom and the parcel tax becomes crucial

Gravenstein Union School District held a ceremony on Monday, Jan. 27, to celebrate the completion of the Hillcrest Middle School Solar Panel project. The array at Hillcrest and another array at Gravenstein Elementary, which is coming online this week, was paid for by Prop. 39 funds, a clean energy modernization initiative for schools.