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.
Laguna High is serving up free food and community building to west county families
On a foggy Wednesday morning, a couple of Laguna High School teachers and students were out at the front of the school organizing cartons of eggs, packages of meat, loaves of bread, boxes of granola bars and a large box of potatoes, onions and colorful zucchini squash. They also had a slew of snacks and starches from rice, pasta, boxed macaroni and cheese, to tortilla chips and raisins. All of the items went toward preparing boxes of food for families.
Police logs Oct. 1-6
The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries.
Windsor to ease development fees
To encourage economy-boosting hotels to bed down in Windsor, the Town will implement a loan program to help hotel projects mitigate burdensome development fees.
New admin team at the high school readying for a new year
Construction is causing challenges, but all should be set to go on time
Westside Farms caught up in local fight for more restrictions of vineyards
One of Sonoma County’s most highly acclaimed vintners has found his vision for the future at odds with citizens concerns over the impacts of commercial vineyards and their events.
Congressman Huffman holds town hall in response to Capitol insurrection
Congressman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, held a virtual town hall on Jan. 12 to address questions and provide a report on the violent pro-Trump mob of insurrectionists that assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6 during the certification of the electoral college results. The rampage led to the death of five people, including Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick.












