Taking Action for Harm Reduction
A new metal drop box, gray and orange, has appeared in the parking lot next to the Alliance Medical Center next to Healdsburg Hospital. It’s not a mailbox or a book drop or a bank deposit box, but it looks like one—aside from the bold phrase, “Secure Sharps.” Medical professionals know what that means...
Unboosted: California COVID-19 booster rate falls below 40% in most counties
Hospitals are at capacity. COVID-19 infections are at record highs. Testing lines stretch for hours. Yet even as the omicron variant batters the state, only 38% of vaccinated Californians have gotten a booster shot.
CHP and crime briefs
Editor’s note: All people named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
New multipurpose building and STEAM lab taking shape at Alexander Valley School
After years in the making and several delays, the multipurpose building; science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) lab; and kindergarten classroom projects at Alexander Valley School (AVS) are finally taking shape.
Rotary Club of Sebastopol donates nearly $30,000 to help support Ukraine
In early March, the Rotary Club of Sebastopol voted to donate $10,000 to the Rotary International Disaster Response Fund for Ukraine. Since then, the service club has raised an additional $19,000 for a total donation of $29,000 — and the donation amount keeps growing.
New management at Main Stage West
Main Stage West, the theater in downtown Sebastopol, held its annual fundraising gala on Saturday, March 7, at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Throngs of theater supporters gathered to hear the announcement of the theater’s upcoming season’s plays and to meet its new management team, Keith Baker and Ivy Rose Miller, who will be taking over the management of the theater from John and Elizabeth Craven.
Black History Is American History, Says City Proclamation
The City of Healdsburg, at their Monday Feb. 6 city council meeting, issued a proclamation declaring February as Black History Month in the city, among other reasons because “Black history is American history, and Black History Month is a time where all citizens are...
