What’s up at the next Sebastopol City Council meeting, Jan. 21
The next Sebastopol City Council meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. at the Youth Annex, 435 Morris St., Sebastopol. Topics include the unveiling of the new Libby Park play structure design, a presentation about Sonoma Clean Power, a possible reconfiguring of crosswalks across Petaluma Avenue near the downtown plaza and more.
The Humane Society of Sonoma County using new facial recognition technology for lost pets
The Humane Society of Sonoma County (HSSC) is adding a new weapon in its arsenal to reunite lost pets with their owners: facial recognition technology. The shelter now offers the community an additional tool to help lost and adoptable dogs and cats find their forever home, through a partnership with the company Finding Rover.
The parcel tax snafu in the Monte Rio Fire District
In November 2018, voters of the Monte Rio Fire District passed a parcel tax to support the fire district. In the intervening months, it was discovered that there was an error in the way those parcels were identified. The creators of the parcel tax measure had meant to exclude low-value parcels (575 of them) from the parcel tax. It turns out that didn’t happen, and many landowners got surprisingly large bills in October. Michele McDonell, the writer of one of the adjacent letters, said her family’s parcel tax bill for low-value parcels alone was over $10,000.
Petition afoot to dissolve Palm Drive Health Care District
A group of Sebastopol residents is planning to circulate a petition to dissolve the Palm Drive Health Care District.
Sebastopol tennis coach arrested for sexual assault
EDITOR'S NOTE: All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
West county abuzz over recall effort
When Stuart Kiehl, who lives in a neighborhood near the homeless encampment on the Joe Rodota Trail, announced plans to mount a recall effort against popular Fifth District Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, social media and bulletin boards across west county lit up in outrage, with the vast majority of respondents coming to Hopkins’ defense.
Flatbed Music Festival coming to Sebastopol in June
A few weeks ago in these pages, Sebastopol Mayor Patrick Slayter expressed a desire for more fun events around town, and like a peripatetic post-holiday elf, Jann Eyrich is here to deliver.
Volunteers needed for annual homeless count
Volunteers are needed to help with Sonoma County’s annual, one-day, “point in time” homeless count that takes place this month on Friday, Jan. 31, Sonoma County officials announced this week.
