Measure O Defeat Shows Split City
When the sound and the fury, the smoke and the flames dispersed, Measure O went down to a definitive defeat, roughly at a 60-40 split. Clearly this was not what the Healdsburg City Council intended when in June they rationalized themselves into putting it on the General Election ballot.
Commentary: Regarding the Growth Management Ordinance
If last Monday’s city council meeting demonstrated anything about Healdsburg’s housing issues, it was that housing is complicated. Whatever variable you address – land availability, zoning, building regulations, deed restrictions, capital and financing options, unit size, unit price, or AMI (area median income), each is connected to the others.
Candidate Sees Divided Future for Healdsburg
The writer was the youngest candidate for city council since Mike McGuire ran in 2004. He came in third in the three-way race for the open 2-year seat.
I stayed positive throughout the election, but I'm not surprised by the results. Marketing was my biggest...
Not enough subs: California schools face severe teacher shortage
Kelly Rhoden, the principal at Nevada Union High School, spent her morning Monday scrambling to find substitutes for her absent teachers.Â
La Familia Sana is growing roots
Slowly but surely, La Familia Sana, a nonprofit organization in Cloverdale, is working on being known in the community. By focusing on outreach, La Familia Sana, which started in 2019, hopes all of the Cloverdale community will eventually know they can go to them for help.
City to move forward with L&M Motel interim housing project
The City of Healdsburg is moving forward with the L&M Motel/Reach for Home interim housing project for the chronically homeless, a move which the city housing administrator and council members say is significant in terms of closing a gap in services and addressing the needs of the local homeless population.
Healdsburg District Hospital on the path to new ownership
After years of searching and negotiating to find a strategic partner, the board of directors that oversee the Healdsburg District Hospital this week voted to go forward with final agreements with NorCal Health Connect, an affiliate of Providence St. Joseph Health. Pending a vote by the taxpayer-owners of the Northern Sonoma County Healthcare District (NSCHD) in November, ownership and management of the hospital will change and be final.
Fast Food, Health Care Workers to Get a Raise in 2024
By Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal
Californians in two industries are set to get new minimum wages this year, and that could lead to pay bumps for other workers, too.
Gov. Gavin Newsom last year signed two union-backed bills that will boost fast-food and health care...
Quilting artists on display at Risk Press Gallery
The Risk Press Gallery is featuring quilts by Pauline Pellini and Patti Dedrick until Aug. 28. The quilts will be on display and the artists will be on hand to answer questions at the gallery, located at 7345 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol.
