Sonoma County continues to push vaccine rollout
Sonoma County is administering COVID-19 vaccines at a faster rate than other counties of its size, according to new data from the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.
Plaza protest, May 31
Around 50 community members gathered at the Cloverdale Plaza on May 31 for a peaceful protest calling attention to the death of George Floyd.
Windsor council to discuss forecasted fiscal deficit, continue redistricting process at Feb. 16 meeting
At their Feb. 16 meeting, the Windsor Town Council will complete the third of four required public hearings on redistricting, receive a long-range fiscal forecast identifying a structural deficit and consider the concept of a veterans memorial wall on the Town Green.
One loophole remains in student COVID-19 vaccination mandate
Nevada Joint Union High School District Superintendent Brett McFadden expects the vast majority of his students and staff to abide by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 1.
Sebastopol council reviewing SPD audit on June 17
The Sebastopol City Council is holding a special meeting to receive a presentation about the city’s independent review of the Sebastopol Police Department (SPD), conducted by Jerry Threet, the retired director and founder of the Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review & Outreach (IOLERO). Per the report provided to the city, Threet specializes in reviewing police practices and the civilian oversight of law enforcement.
New COVID sick leave leaves out at least 1 in 4 California workers
This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that requires large employers in California to offer workers up to 80 hours of COVID-related paid sick leave.
Market Report: Continuing through ‘perilous times’
August is usually a broiling time of year, but as I write this it’s gray and kind of drizzly outside; a welcome relief for all of us concerned with fires and drought. Fires and drought: It sounds like some biblical warning of imminent disaster. In truth, our world does seem to feel more and more like we’re living in perilous times. The likelihood of those natural disasters happening to us in any given year has grown to be an accepted reality, living here in all this splendor.
