Sebastopol City Council Preview
The Sebastopol City Council is slated to address a small agenda at its meeting on Sept. 1, with one public hearing and one regular agenda item. The meeting will be held virtually starting at 6 p.m. The meetings are broadcast live over Zoom or livestream.com, and are also available to watch after the meeting occurs.
Sebastopol police chief pick withdraws, city to interview former candidate
The city of Sebastopol’s prized pick for a new police chief of the Sebastopol Police Department retracted his candidacy two weeks before he was scheduled to assume the role on Dec. 14, but an original staff favorite is now returning for interviews.
Cobbler resists retirement as renovation approved
Ramos Shoe Repair is an outlier on Healdsburg Avenue, even in the recently christened “North Makers Arts District” or NoMAD area between North and Piper streets. Neither a clothing store, an art gallery, a bakery nor a tasting room, it’s a shoe repair store, a working-man’s shop.
Police Log, April 29 – May 5
P:olice are still looking for a 29-year-old man suspected of slashing tires at the Community Center and possibly stabbing someone... This and other reports from local Police listed every week in the Tribune.
Healdsburg declares local emergency in response to COVID-19
The city of Healdsburg declared a local emergency Thursday morning, March 12, in response to the spread of COVID-19, a novel strain of the corona family of viruses. Healdsburg City Council will consider the declaration for ratification at its regular meeting on Monday, March 16 at city hall.
Board of supervisors approves over $3.7 million in grant funding for fire fuel reduction
On May 28, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved $3,722,160 in grant funding for 20 vegetation management projects across Sonoma County that will help reduce wildfire risk in the 2021 and 2022 fire seasons.













