City budget changes free up funds for new initiatives
Several budget amendments will free up $1.4 million in Healdsburg’s Measure T funds to support a number of new city projects and initiatives such as homeless support and planning, targeted business loan forgiveness and universal basic income among others.
COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians
Seven days a week, San Francisco’s public health laboratory operates until midnight. Workers are exhausted, their director says. And still, the COVID-19 specimens keep coming in their little plastic tubes, with test results expected quickly to help manage California’s alarming surge of infections.
Sebastopol council preparing for relaunch, discussing new police practices and efficiency
Scattered across the Sebastopol City Council’s Oct. 19 agenda are several items with the potential to define the city in its policing practices, economic relaunch, energy efficiency and water conservation and more. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. over Zoom. The agenda and Zoom link are available here.
Mandujano honored for contributions to the fire service
Healdsburg Fire Inspector Ruben Mandujano was honored on Sept. 19 at the California State Firefighters Association conference, held this year in Healdsburg.
The Healdsburg School director departs amid sexual harassment claims
Head of School Nicholas Egan fired Dec. 28
Buttoning up mail-in and in-person voting
In-person voting opened in Sonoma County on Saturday. As folks head in to fill out their ballots, or put them in the mail, we’ve gathered some last-minute questions and answers regarding how to vote, as well as what happens to ballots cast in the days leading up to the election.
Rescheduled candidate forum set for Sept. 17
The Rotary Club of Windsor will present a Virtual Candidates Forum on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at 5:30 p.m.
