Full agenda on the future of the district at HUSD meeting
It will be a full meeting at the April 18 meeting of the Healdsburg Unified School District, with the physical and curricular future of the district up for discussion.
Million dollar grant to expand high school construction training program
The Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County has been approved for a $1 million grant from Tipping Point Community, a prominent Bay Area funder that fights poverty in the Bay Area, to support expansion of a successful local youth training program called the North Bay Construction Corps. The funding is part of their Emergency Relief Fund, established to support the North Bay’s recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastating fires last year that damaged thousands of homes and businesses.
Chickens (jobs) and eggs (housing)
There’s a lot of news and circumstances behind Sonoma County’s record-low rate of unemployment, which this week stands at just 2.8 percent. As always, the news is a mix of good and bad.
Homecoming for 103-year-old schoolboy
Stewart Wade, 103 years young, used a walker to get from the car to the stairs, but he climbed the six wooden stairs to the restored Daniels School with only a little assistance.
Healdsburg City Council to discuss new subdivisions
The Healdsburg City Council is scheduled to review and possibly approve two new housing projects Monday night. The 29-unit “Oaks at Foss Creek” subdivision near the corner of Grove and Chiquita Roads, has been extensively reviewed by the Healdsburg Planning Commission, which resulted in multiple revisions of the plan before it was approved.
Fitch Mountain Forever fundraiser and hike is next weekend, April 22
The Fitch Mountain Fund will host the Fitch Mountain Forever fundraiser and hike on Sunday, April 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg. Fitch Mountain Park and Open Space Preserve, the 173 acres on top of Fitch Mountain, was officially transferred to the City of Healdsburg in November 2017.
AAUW teaches a tasty lesson about the wage gap on Equal Pay Day
One dollar bought you a different cookie based on your gender
Jonah Raskin explores dark mysteries of wine country, April 19
Jonah Raskin, emeritus Sonoma State University professor, writer and former radical journalist visited local booksellers. “I talked to booksellers a couple of years ago, and asked, ‘Are there any wine country murder mysteries you recommend to tourists?’ and they said no. They talk to tourists who come in all the time and say they want a murder mystery that’s set in Sonoma, and the booksellers say there really isn’t one.” So Raskin wrote one.
Russian River Watershed meeting provides opportunity for public comment
Meeting in Cloverdale will discuss projects up for grant funding in Russian River watershed
