School district puts limits on community track and field use at HHS
Track no longer available while school is in session; other hours restricted
Healdsburg Jazz offering free online education class
Healdsburg Jazz is offering a free online jazz education class from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, April 26 on the legacy of Duke Ellington. The program will be led by bandleader, bassist and composer Marcus Shelby, featuring guest artists Tiffany Austin and Anthony Brown, with other guests expected to join in.
Potmesil named school board president, McAllister to serve as vice president
In the annual reorganization of the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) Board of Trustees, board vice president Mike Potmesil was unanimously voted in as board president on Dec. 15 during the board’s regular meeting. Trustee Rose McAllister will serve as the board’s vice president.
Summit State Bank supports local nonprofits
Summit State Bank has a unique program that supports dozens of local nonprofit organizations. Earlier this month it distributed $404,162 to 182 nonprofits that participate in its Nonprofit Partner Program. The recipients are all bank customers and participants in the Partner program. Some of the local recipients included the Career Technical Education Foundation, Farm to Fight Hunger, Council on Aging, the Sonoma County Humane Society and the Sonoma County Local News Initiative.
How the county’s homeless count works
Two hundred volunteers from all walks of life spread out through Sonoma County last Thursday for the county’s annual visual count of the homeless. With them were 70 to 80 homeless guides — currently or recently homeless individuals who the county pays $15 an hour to help with the count each year.
COVID-19, the coronavirus, comes to Sonoma County
COVID-19, a novel strain from the family of coronaviruses, is now in Sonoma County, but the impacts are still uncertain, and the county has declared a local health emergency to prepare for the worst.
Council to pursue application period, interview process for council candidates
The Healdsburg City Council voted unanimously on June 29 to open an application period, starting today and ending on Friday, July 3 at noon, for city council candidates for either a partial or a full 2.5-year term.
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
