City’s Water Security an Issue in Utility Rate Increases
A public hearing on a series of proposed water and wastewater rate hikes was expected to produce outrage and objections from residents and rate-payers, but a groundswell of opposition did not materialize. Only about half a dozen people offered their public comments. And while most were opposed to the rate hikes, there were no viable alternatives presented.
Empowering Local Girls Through Tech Trek
Eight Northern Sonoma County seventh-grade girls will soon be off to college. No, they’re not highly precocious teenagers skipping out on their secondary school education. They are academically curious kids headed to Sonoma State University for Tech Trek, a unique, weeklong summer camp for girls eager to learn more about their favorite subjects—science, engineering, math and technology, known as STEM.Â
Interest Rates Climb but Sales Keep Rising
In any normal housing market when interest rates are so high, one would expect the market to be strongly in favor of buyers with properties struggling to sell, but that is not the case. For example, houses on Marian Lane, Sunnyside Dr. and Chiquita Rd. all sold this year and all got five offers. Inventory levels, still hovering around three months, also point to a sellers’ market. ...
Letters to the Editor, May 9
The May 6 council meeting generates instant feedback, with readers commenting on the Growth Management Ordinance and new water rates...
Snapshot: Hetch Hetchy Valley
Yosemite Valley is known to many. But few know there was, and is, a second valley of extraordinary beauty in Yosemite National Park. It’s called the Valley of the Hetch Hetchy...
