Foppoli and Martinez affirm Windsor’s enforcement policy won’t change
Stops short of joining other municipalities in going against sheriff’s position
Mill Creek completes wildfire protection plan
Fire Safe Sonoma and the unincorporated community of Mill Creek Road in the western wooded outskirts of Healdsburg announced last week the completion of their Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), a detailed document that measures wildfire risks specific to an area and identifies ways to mitigate that risk in a comprehensive plan.
Local schools stress hygiene in light of virus
Amid the growing concerns associated with COVID-19, a novel strain of the corona family of viruses, local Healdsburg schools and surrounding school districts are stepping up cleaning regimens and emphasizing the importance of personal hygiene in an effort to keep students, staff and families healthy.
Brazilian jazz artist reaches Next Level with grant
Brazilian jazz artist Carlos Henrique Pereira, a former Windsor resident moving to Healdsburg, received Creative Sonoma’s Next Level grant of $3,000.
Strong now, county’s economy expected to grow slower over next two years
Lack of housing, workers constraining level of growth during wildfire recovery
New rules for the road approved in 2018
A statement from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) released Dec. 17, details some new laws affecting motorist starting in 2019. “New laws approved by the California legislature in 2018 will affect roadway safety in several ways, including helmet use on bicycles and motorized scooters, hit-and-run on bicycle paths, modified exhaust systems and enhanced safety for refuse collection vehicles,” said the statement. “To support its mission of providing the highest levels of safety, service and security, the CHP is highlighting several of these new laws.”
Healdsburg police to start using automated license plate readers
Correction: A previous version of this article said that funds for the license plate readers came from Measure B funds; however, the correct title of the measure is Measure V, not Measure B.
Packed agenda at first HUSD meeting of 2018
Newly elected board president Judy Velasquez will preside over a full agenda at the first Healdsburg Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting of 2018.
A native son, the Great War and the Universal Flag of Peace
The debate about whether the United States should have fought in World War I is all but forgotten today. Although the war began in August 1914, a broad coalition of antiwar forces tried to stop our country from entering the war — and had succeeded until April 1917 when President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Even fewer remember that a Healdsburg pioneer became a leading peace activist in the west during the first World War.
