When the time comes: New support for Healdsburg seniors
Healdsburg’s City Council recently approved “When The Time Comes” (WTTC), a new city service designed to help residents navigate end-of-life planning and support.
Burn permits now required
Commencing May 1, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and Marin County Fire will require a burn permit for any outdoor open burning in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) in Sonoma and other north bay counties.
Sebastopol man dead after four-vehicle crash on SR-12
George A. Palma, a 32-year-old Sebastopol man died Mon., Jan. 4 in a four-vehicle crash on SR-12, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
Council to mull over potential uses for city-owned sites
The Healdsburg City Council will hold a special workshop on Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. prior to their regular meeting at 6 p.m, to discuss the future of the city-owned Cerri Building and site at 3 North St. They will also discuss affordable housing and mixed-use plan options for two other sites, 155 Dry Creek and Saggio Hills, a 91.11-acre development in the north end of town off of Healdsburg Avenue.
Graduation requirements altered in wake of pandemic challenges
The Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) held a special emergency meeting to try to offer a lifeline to struggling students facing the possibility of not graduating — a change to the graduation requirements for 2021.
Chefs come together to fight fire with food
In the aftermath of the worst firestorm in Sonoma County history last week, local chefs snapped into action doing what they do best: They cooked.
Rising seas, worsening wildfires endanger California parks
Of all the existential threats California parks face — dwindling budgets, more visitors and costly, long-deferred maintenance — now comes a climate-driven conundrum: When is a park no longer a park? When its namesake trees disappear in a barrage of lightning strikes? When its very land is washed away by ever-rising seas?
