Council to discuss details of first district election
With the first district election in Windsor just around the corner, the big-ticket item on the next town council agenda will be a report from town attorney Jose Sanchez on the upcoming district elections. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m.
16-year-old boy arrested for months-long vandalism streak
On Monday, Nov. 11, Sebastopol Police were called for a report of vandalism. The suspect had tagged the letters “PEAK” and “KKS” in a public bathroom. The tags were unique in both style and content.
Swimming pools a challenge in drought
Healdsburg does not allow pools to be filled with local drinking water
Housing
The City of Healdsburg, like many communities throughout our state, is facing a number of housing related challenges. These challenges have been exacerbated in Healdsburg due to the recent recession, elimination of redevelopment funds by the state and many have argued the limitations of the growth management ordinance, which inadvertently has curtailed construction of new market rate, multi-family units for sale or rental units. This has all become much more personal and painful for our community over the past two months, with the news of families being evicted from their apartments as well as reported rent increases. While it seems like a perfect storm of housing issues, the city has been working for some time to address these issues with short, mid and long-term approaches in mind.
Are coastal changes coming?
A lot is happening along Sonoma County’s 35 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline these days. And this time we’re not talking about the migrating gray whales or the disappointing closure of the dungeness crab season. We’re talking about actions and proposals by the dominant coastal species — humans.
Dogs big and small show off Howl-O-Ween spirit at annual parade
Photos Katherine Minkiewicz
As virus rates decrease, evacuations pose a risk
The county gave an update on its COVID-19 numbers Wednesday night, bringing back into focus the pandemic that’s in some ways taken a backseat while local residents grapple with its second fire of the year. While Sonoma County’s virus case statistics have been steadily improving, the evacuation of a sizable number of Sonoma County residents leaves some unknowns for how case rates may fluctuate in the weeks ahead.










