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Area wineries collected over 2,000 pounds of toys

Voters have the chance to choose three members of the Oak Grove Unified School District board in the Nov. 3 election.

Sebastopol was not Sonoma County’s hardest hit by the major storm over the weekend, but Sebastopol Fire Chief Bill Braga said his department fielded over a dozen 911 calls for downed trees and powerlines and other weather-related emergencies during the weather events.

The Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees will again be meeting discuss a series of harsh cuts necessitated by the economic downturn caused by COVID-19. The board’s budget workshop usually takes place in May of each year and gives the board an opportunity to preview the upcoming budget and to give input, which is incorporated into the budget which is brought back for approval in June. 

Weed work — LandPaths held a community work day at the Fitch Mountain Preserve on Jan. 9, where volunteers worked on clearing French Broom from the mountain side. Around eight volunteers met at the Villa Chanticleer parking lot to hike up the muddy and lush Butterfly Trail where most of the maintenance work took place.

Contest pits local fire departments against each other for community good

A full spread of fruit, cookies and cupcakes, coffee and tea helped take the edge off dinner-hour munchies at the SMART Open House in Healdsburg on March 23.

Your Tiny Farm provides seeds and shelter while Reach for Home provides clients 

More and more of everyday life is getting pushed onto the internet and “in the cloud.” And now the issue of school accountability, standardized testing and local school performance can be found there too, with a powerful new search tool called the California School Dashboard.