Prayers for Peace and Community
By Christian Kallen
Candlelight illuminated the faces of some 75 people under the Plaza gazebo roof an hour after sundown on Saturday, Nov. 11. The human circle was not just present to enact the ritual of Havdalah, to begin a new week at the conclusion...
Healdsburg school board to pursue discussion on whether to allow interdistrict transfers
For the 2025-26 school year, the projected enrollment for the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) is just 1,000, according to a report from HUSD Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel, and with already declining enrollment the school board is interested in having a conversation about the possibility of allowing interdistrict transfers, a conversation that got tabled in 2019 due to wildfire and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Puff, puff, pass it on: cannabis industry gets into philanthropy
Sonoma County is no stranger to cannabis, and the passing of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), has opened the doors for approved, state-licensed facilities to commercially sell, distribute and produce marijuana for its recreational consumers.
Alexander Valley School District seeks bond funds on June ballot
Measure B asks for $6 million for new buildings, health and safety repairs
Local mom provides homemade baby food service
Imagine: homemade, preservative-free baby food for your child that you don’t have to make yourself. Windsor resident Tanya Valentine offers just the thing- a homemade baby food service. The service, called Urban Baby Food, offers four stages of food starting with children four months of age, and is designed for the first year of their lives, although Valentine can customize food for other ages.
Deadline to register to vote for March election is Feb. 16
Those who live in the Bodega Bay Fire Protection District or the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) have until Feb. 16 at midnight to register to vote in the March 2 special election to sink or support two measures on the ballot, according to a Feb. 11 press release from the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters.
Fire at Sonoma and Mendocino county lines fully contained
A fire began on the west side of Highway 101 on the Sonoma County and Mendocino county line Thursday night, Aug. 26. At 11:33 p.m., roughly two hours after the fire was initially reported, it was declared contained, with two engines staying on the scene to monitor the situation.
Vegetation fire near Sebastopol under control
A vegetation fire 3.2-acres in size is now “under control” with its advances halted since burning east of Sebastopol city limits Tuesday afternoon, July 20, according to a Nixle alert from the Santa Rosa Fire Department sent at 5:20 p.m.
