Windsor asks SMART to slow their roll
The affected routes are the three earliest departures from Windsor, headed southbound to Larkspur. Morning departure times scheduled at 4:35, 4:58 and 5:30am will be temporarily discontinued starting Monday, June 23. The first morning departure on weekdays will then become 6:02am. The reason: those damn train horns wake up the residents.
Sun Day: Activists focus on new solar holiday
Following two retreats where members of Climate Action Healdsburg (CAH) workshopped ways to continue their commitment to environmental concerns even as the social and political landscape was changing dramatically, the group decided to join the national Sun Day movement, at thirdact.org/sun-day.
Love in the time of coronavirus
April Karr and Dack Thompson got married on Saturday, March 21, on the backyard deck of her parent’s home in Sebastopol with a host of friends and family in attendance via the magic of the meeting technology known as Zoom. It was Sebastopol’s first Zoom wedding, though probably, in the time of coronavirus, not its last.
Chamber’s Carla Howell to retire
Carla Howell, Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce’s executive director for the last seven years, has announced her retirement plans.
New management at Main Stage West
Main Stage West, the theater in downtown Sebastopol, held its annual fundraising gala on Saturday, March 7, at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Throngs of theater supporters gathered to hear the announcement of the theater’s upcoming season’s plays and to meet its new management team, Keith Baker and Ivy Rose Miller, who will be taking over the management of the theater from John and Elizabeth Craven.
Naujokas won’t seek re-election for second term on city council
At the Aug. 3 Healdsburg City Council meeting, Councilmember Joe Naujokas announced that he will not be seeking re-election for a second term.
Fire district board appoints new member
Adam Brolan has been chosen as the newest member of the Windsor
TRUTH Act Forum data reveals Sheriff’s Office info to ICE led to 31 arrests in 2019, 12 in 2020
In 2019 the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office responded to 72 of the 596 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests for impending inmate release information and in 2020 the Sheriff’s Office responded to 57 of the 466 information requests, ultimately resulting in 31 arrests by ICE in 2019, and 12 in 2020 according to data from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Detention Records Bureau.
