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Students at Healdsburg High School started the first day of their internships on Jan. 25. The juniors will spend six days working with local businesses and exploring career opportunities and interests.

With the onslaught of the coronavirus and the related shelter-in-place orders, Healdsburg residents may be wondering how this will affect the farmers market pavilion project at 3 North Street, a project that was approved by city council in early March and has received community-wide support.

The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Organizers of Much Ado About Sebastopol, a fundraiser for Sebastopol schools, held a preview luncheon and mini-Faire on Sunday (Aug. 19) at the Sonoma Wine Shop, La Bodega in Sebastopol. Queen Elizabeth and her court were on hand Sunday to enjoy the best food, wine and fun West County has to offer. The Faire is a “historically accurate, educational, family-friendly event” and is the major fundraiser for Brook Haven, Park Side and Analy High schools. The festival has raised $60,000 in its two years of existence. Much Ado About Sebastopol will be a two-day event this year, taking place on Sept. 22 and 23 at Ives Park. For more information go to: muchadoaboutsebastopol.org.

 Every year, SoCoNews compiles a list of the year’s most noteworthy events, happenings and newsmakers and writes a comprehensive timeline that looks back at the year.

Healdsburg residents are proud of their history, and the presence in town of the stately Healdsburg Museum building—itself a piece of history, formerly a Carnegie Library—does much to make the past come alive through its exhibits, resources and, for the past three years, its History Talks.

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There’s a hive of PhDs at the University of California at Davis who are working to reinvent food production in the Golden State. Researchers have fanned out across the globe collecting rare plant samples; others are grafting Frankenstein trees and stitching together root systems of plums and peaches to create better almond and walnut trees.

The Healdsburg City Council will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 7 to consider approvals for various budget amendments for the 2021-22 fiscal year and to discuss the future of the popular residential recycled water program.