Sebastopol looks to pull from reserves to cover deficit spending in 2021-22
The Sebastopol City Council and the community in attendance got to see at least some of the facts and figures in the proposed city budget for the upcoming fiscal year, 2021-22, at the June 15 city council meeting’s public hearing.
A Tale of Two Parades
It’s Memorial Day weekend, the kick-off to summer in Healdsburg with the Future Farmers of America Twilight Parade featured in pictures with a strutting majorette leading a band and a dog co-piloting an 18-wheeler. The band followed vintage cars occupied by Brad Petersen, President...
WSCUHSD administrators get raises as budget cuts loom
At its April 8 board meeting, the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) board gave the superintendent permission to make up to approximately $1.5 million in cuts to next year’s school budget, while at the same time approving a raise of 8% over two years for the administrative staff, including the superintendent and the chief budget officer.
Community comes out to clean Foss Creek
Trash time — Healdsburg community members, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Healdsburg 4H members came out with trash bags on Sept. 28 to help clean up Foss Creek. The event was part of creek week, a countywide effort to clean up waterways and the Russian River watershed. Teams spread out along Foss Creek to pick up trash. One team even found an abandoned bike and wooden pallet.
Traffic Tie-up at Dry Creek Affordable Housing Project
Even as a 41-unit affordable housing apartment building takes shape at the city’s south entrance at Exchange Street, another even larger complex is moving toward construction on the north side, at Dry Creek Road near Grove Street.
The Dry Creek Commons, as Burbank Housing is...
Sebastopol Police Logs, March 21-27
The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.
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.
