District proposing cuts for upcoming school year
The Healdsburg Unified School District is looking for ways to save money next year in response to the economic downturn from the COVID-19 pandemic. The district is proposing certain cuts such as leaving several vacant positions unoccupied, as well as reducing professional development, cutting the freshman seminar class for the year and a 20% reduction to individual school site budgets, among others. The suggested cuts include the layoff of only one employee, a special education bus driver.
Thurmond sits down with district heads
Discusses disasters, funding and the future with superintendents
Wings Over Wine Country
Flying machines—On Sept. 28 and 29, the Wings Over Wine Country air show returned for its 18th year. This year’s acts included Canadian Forces Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squad, the United States Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Skydiving Team, Dennis Sanders and his Hawker Sea Fury performing an aerobatic “smoke show,” Brad Wursten and his MXS-R aerobatic aircraft, fly-bys of historic WWII aircrafts and a walk-through the United States Air Force C-17 transport. In addition, attendees were able to enjoy touring the collection of the Pacific Coast Air Museum and a wide selection of food and drink. Blustery and occasionally cloudy conditions didn’t manage to hamper the enthusiasm of the crowd.
Open Studios
ANOTHER WEEKEND OF ART TRAILS — Some 140 artists opened their studios last weekend for the 35th annual Sonoma County Art Trails and will be participating agin this weekend, Oct. 19 and 20. Above, Sebastopol landscape painter Gen Zorich greeted visitors to her studio. All artists have special pieces available for sale and many offer tours and demonstrations of their craft.
Fire survivor’s struggle to find respite in senior community highlights housing conflict
Young women voted out of 55 plus community
Art exhibit finds its place
A Sense of Place is the Healdsburg Museum’s first juried art exhibition, co-curated by Holly Hoods, Vesna Breznikar and Dana Hawley.
County, cities carry on contrarian climate change campaign
As the Trump Administration works to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency and deny human-caused climate change and the State of California keeps suing to preserve west coast environmental protections, the smaller governments of Sonoma County are flying under the radar, steadily attacking their ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by whopping amounts and shifting regional transportation modes and power usage.
