Supes approve plan to address homelessness on Rodota Trail
At a special public meeting on Dec. 23, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $12 million plan to address the homelessness crisis along the Joe Rodota Trail. The meeting came on the heels of a Dec. 17 meeting where the board of supervisors declared “a homeless emergency” on the trail and allocated an initial $25,000 for homeless outreach.
The Tribune’s most read stories
While the Tribune puts out weekly print editions, the paper also has a devoted following online. At the end of every year, we like to look back on the articles that have gained traction on our website in the past year.
2019: A year along the Russian River
The vague sense of dread that hung over the lower Russian River last year seemed to arrive after the November 2018 Camp Fire disaster destroyed the Northern California town of Paradise. Guerneville greeted the New Year chattering about escape routes and blocked roads and asking “What if?”
YEAR IN REVIEW: A year of cops and robbers
This was a year for the record books in terms of bizarre crimes in west county.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Youth activism transformed the local environmental scene
2019 was a big year for the environment in west county — in terms of activism, legislative moves and, well, nature itself, which seemed for much of the year to be in a full state of revolt.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Housing and homelessness
Local governments are struggling to find ways to increase the number of homes being built in west county — affordable homes in particular — but increasing the amount of housing stock in ways that don’t damage the environment or the character of the towns in which they’re built is a tall order.
Farewell to Mike Reilly
Former Fifth District supervisor loved west county and worked to make it a better place.
Chanukah celebration
CHAG SAMEACH — The Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center hosted a menorah lighting in Healdsburg on Sunday night, Dec. 29. The lighting marked the last night of Hannukah. Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky (left) led candle-holding attendees in Hannukah prayer as he lit Chabad’s large, traveling menorah.
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.
