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A county study on the impacts of congestion, noise, safety and related issues linked to winery and rural tasting room and other special events, has taken so long that the original conditions and concerns that prompted the study in 2016 may now all be changing thanks to the potential post-pandemic business changes anticipated in the local wine industry.

There’s a lot of confusion over what is and isn’t allowed under the current virus tier. Find out the current rules.

Universal basic income was championed by Martin Luther King Jr., promoted by Silicon Valley citizens as the “social vaccine for the 21st century” and endorsed by 2016 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, but it has never really caught on.

Healdsburg was one of over 2,000 communities nationwide that held protests on June 14, "No Kings Day." It also became the second of two Sonoma County jurisdictions to join a growing list of municipalities fighting the administration over its crackdown on so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Over the past few weeks, the nonprofit Daily Acts, in partnership with the Botanical Bus Bilingual Mobile Herb Clinic, has distributed over 300 garden kits to members of the Latinx community and others in Sonoma County, and they hope to distribute 700 more.

Future dog park

Come spring 2022, devotees of the Russian River may have a new favorite spot in Guerneville to put their boats into the water. Construction at Guerneville River Park for the town’s first public boat launch area for non-motorized vessels started in August, according to a Sept. 7 press release from Sonoma County Regional Parks.

The Healdsburg Education Foundation (HEF) is teaming up with the Healdsburg Elementary/Charter PTO and the Healdsburg Kiwanis Club to fully fund field trip opportunities for all local public elementary school students from kindergarten through fifth grade.

First, the good news: The flu was practically nonexistent last year.