How to make Halloween COVID-safe
With Halloween around the corner, and families desperate for some degree of normalcy, trying to figure out what activities can be enjoyed safely has become important. Around the county, there will be drive-thru events, social-distanced events and many neighborhoods are going through with trick-or-treating with pandemic precautions. Figuring out which of those options is safe for your family can be tricky.
Sebastopol receives projected housing unit target for upcoming eight-year cycle
Sebastopol’s planning director presented the city’s expected Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) number for the upcoming eight-year cycle of housing development, extracted from what she described as “the sausage-making process” at the Feb. 16 city council meeting.
Drive-thru food drive in Sebastopol on Jan. 18
Food for Thought (FFT) is holding a drive-thru food drive in Sebastopol on Monday, Jan. 18. The food drive is being held at the Sebastopol Grange from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Guerneville residents who fled to Petaluma kept community spirit alive
A close-knit group of neighbors who live on Drake Road in Guerneville have been through a lot together. Recurring floods, natural disasters and now fire. In the face of a mandatory evacuation from the Walbridge Fire, the community once again confronted adversity together and evacuated to the KOA campground in Petaluma, calling it “Guerneville South.”
State and local teachers’ unions uncertain about reopening in the fall
(Editor’s note: The letter and interviews for this story were completed prior to the most recent state and local heath orders being announced on July 10 and 13. Numbers and other factors cited below may not reflect the most current reality. We will update this article as more information becomes available).
County announces guidelines for reopening schools
Sonoma County Superintendent Steve Herrington announced the county’s guidelines for reopening schools Thursday afternoon, June 11. The announcement came on the heels of the state releasing its own set of education guidelines on June 9.
