Year in Review: Fires and power shutoffs
In an eight-part series we look back at the world that was, here in our little corner of it. 2020 was a year of challenges. We’ll be publishing this eight piece work daily as we work to the new year. Today’s piece is on the fires that spread through the county and the challenges of dealing with public safety power shutoffs.
New challenges arise for educator vaccines
In a letter dated March 5, the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) outlined the continuing and new challenges they are facing in their effort to vaccinate the county’s school employee workforce.
Bond money and other financials on the agenda for HUSD
Financial matters largely dominate the agenda for the March 15 meeting of the Healdsburg Unified School District Board of Trustees. Director of Business Services Steve Barekman will present the second interim budget report, and there will be several line items related to past and future bond spending.
‘Healdsburg has been hungry for a solution’: City set to explore homeless shelter options
The Healdsburg City Council is interested in finding a site for a homeless shelter that could serve Healdsburg’s shelterless population. That was the sentiment that was expressed unanimously by the council during a special city council meeting on homelessness on Monday night.
It’s party time! Come to Sonoma West Times & News’ 130th birthday on Nov. 7
From Publisher Rollie Atkinson: Newspapers, and the people who work at them, are usually too busy gathering news and meeting deadlines to pause for a celebration, but the staff and owners of Sonoma West Times & News are making an exception on Nov. 7.
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 26
The City Council’s informal decision on Dec. 16 to adopt a five-district, selected mayor format for city government in the redistricting process drew immediate reactions from several community members, who felt the decision was made unnecessarily quickly and short-circuited public discussion of the options. Here are a few of their comments:
Update: Red flag warning canceled
Update: The National Weather Service has canceled the red flag warning for the remainder of Monday.
State releases guidelines for reopening schools
Guidelines serve as a ‘how to’ and not as a mandate; SCOE expected to release county guidelines later this week
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
