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The Healdsburg Museum has extended its “Picturing Healdsburg” exhibit for the rest of the year and with a little inspiration from the Getty’s painting reenactment challenge, the museum is encouraging community members to reenact historical photos from their collection.

Food For Thought’s 19th annual fundraiser is going virtual this year. The Forestville food bank’s funds help bring groceries to the front doorstep of many Sonoma County residents living with HIV, AIDS and now COVID-19, in addition to other serious illnesses. Food For Thought (FFT) provides free healthy meals, vitamins, supplements, nutritional counseling and groceries to over 2,000 clients, according to its website.

Guitar music and song lilted across the room and mingled with soft laughter and conversation. Someone shared her amazement as she recognized another at her table as a high school classmate. The two had not seen each other for 50 years and began catching up, with others chiming in with bits of information about other classmates and teachers. The scene was the Friday Brunch at the Healdsburg Senior Center’s Bistro and locals are discovering its charm.

Citizens of west county have the opportunity this election season to vote for two new members of the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) Board of Trustees.

At the school board’s regular meeting on July 30, West Side School Principal and West Side Union School District Superintendent Kris Menlove revealed the district’s distance learning plans for the 2020-21 school year, stating that distance learning will look quite different this fall and will have a more rigorous program than what was implemented last year.

Over the past few weeks, the nonprofit Daily Acts, in partnership with the Botanical Bus Bilingual Mobile Herb Clinic, has distributed over 300 garden kits to members of the Latinx community and others in Sonoma County, and they hope to distribute 700 more.

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.

The Healdsburg Fire Department will be working with CalFire crews, LandPaths and equipment provided by Sonoma County Fire & Emergency Services to reduce fire fuels at Fitch Mountain Preserve and make the preserve’s fire roads more accessible.

Mayor Evelyn Mitchell said it best. “Through this naming process, the council came to better understand Mayor De Luna’s legacy and his impact on our community. It also became clear this facility had become an extension of his legacy with the many services it provides to our residents.”