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The Healdsburg Unified School District looks strong in English language arts, math and more according to the most recent California Data Dashboard results, which were recently released this spring.

Changes may be coming to Healdsburg’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance as the Healdsburg Planning Commission held a public hearing to discuss possible changes. The Healdsburg Planning Commission held the hearing on Tuesday, April 9 to discuss the proposed changes which include an increase in...

Bilingual Windsor native Bianca Reynoso is taking the reins as a new dispatcher at the Healdsburg Police Department after former dispatcher Colleen Simmons retired from the role after 33 years of service.

Every April since almost World War II, Sebastopol’s population nearly doubles as the surrounding apple orchards begin to blossom with snowy white petals.

Sonoma County Library will take home a national award for its program, Together at the Table.

UPDATE April 10: State water officials have given Sonoma State University clearance to cancel a Boil Water notice that has been in effect since Monday. The lifting of the notice follows two rounds of testing of the campus water supply. In both cases, the tests showed the university’s water was safe to consume. 

Corazón Healdsburg, a nonprofit serving the community of Healdsburg by bridging racial and economic divides through innovative programs, together with Comité Pochtlán, announced the Carnaval y Féria de Salud event will be held on Sunday, April 7 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at the Healdsburg Community Center.

Remembrance and Respect—The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. was on display in Windsor from March 28 to 31. In addition to the wall replica, there was an mobile education center about the war and the memorial as well as the traditional POW/MIA Empty Chair display. On Saturday, March 30, Chief Carlos Basurto led a brief ceremony with speakers that included a Gold Star widow, a reading of names of Sonoma County residents memorialized on the wall (59 in total) followed a 59 second moment of silence to remember them, and then a bagpiper playing Amazing Grace.

A recent records request from Healdsburg Police Department shows that Ryan Howard was fired from the force for distributing marijuana that was in police evidence to a resident that did not have rights to it, and for providing false information to the department in a subsequent report.

The Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) has updated the air quality guidelines that school districts developed and released last fall in response to the smoke from the Camp Fire. When thick smoke blanketed the county, individual districts were left scrambling to decide what to...