SCOE holding distance learning seminars for teachers
According to a statement from the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE), more than 300 Sonoma County educators representing 30 of Sonoma County's 40 school districts will prepare for the uncertainty of the 2020-21 school year by expanding their skills in distance instruction during two virtual learning institutes presented by SCOE.Â
Gallery: Music march
Healdsburg local Hollie Clausen and Healdsburg student youth activist Izabel Soto led a boisterous crowd in a musical march down Center Street and up Johnson Street to the Fitch Mountain Elementary School campus on Friday night, July 31, in a show of support for equality and justice for Black, Indigenous and people of color in light of the death of George Floyd and other deaths at the hands of police officers.
Alexander Valley Cellars announces north county wine shipping, storage acquisition
Alexander Valley Cellars finishing deal to buy Wine Country Cellars and Shipping
Tribune Oct. 31 print edition delayed, now on racks
Update:Â The print edition for Oct. 31 is now on our racks. Due to concerns of evacuations and postal service, Sonoma West Publishers did not mail this edition out. All stories in the Oct. 31 edition, which focuses exclusively on the Kincade Fire, are also available for free on all four of our websites. Thank you, readers, for your patience as we return to our normal print schedule for the Nov. 7 edition.
Future of fire services
The future of Healdsburg’s fire fighting services could look very different from what we all have become used to over many previous decades. The fire trucks and the siren alarms will be the same and the volunteer and paid emergency and safety teams will likely remain in place. But who is in charge, and how everything gets paid for could change dramatically.
Cloverdale council talking fireworks, Plaza bathroom
The Cloverdale City Council has a small but mighty agenda for its meeting Wednesday night, Jan. 25. The council is slated to discuss its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending plan, consider amending its decision to purchase a Portland Loo restroom for the Plaza and lastly, to review and consider options relating to the sale, possession and use of fireworks in town, including potentially placing a measure to ban fireworks on an upcoming ballot.
Food For Thought’s 19th annual fundraiser goes virtual to help hundreds with COVID-19, HIV, other conditions
Food For Thought’s 19th annual fundraiser is going virtual this year. The Forestville food bank’s funds help bring groceries to the front doorstep of many Sonoma County residents living with HIV, AIDS and now COVID-19, in addition to other serious illnesses. Food For Thought (FFT) provides free healthy meals, vitamins, supplements, nutritional counseling and groceries to over 2,000 clients, according to its website.
What happened at the Sebastopol City Council meeting on May 4?
ROLL CALL:Â The full city council was present for the April 20 meeting, including Mayor Una Glass, Vice Mayor Sarah Gurney, Councilmember Patrick Slayter, Councilmember Neysa Hinton and Councilmember Diana Rich.












