Healdsburg Pic of the Week: Fitch Mountain Moonrise
Dry Creek Valley resident Joanne Rist took this pic of the full moon crowning Fitch Mountain last Thursday, on the night of the total lunar eclipse.
Note from Simone: This photo originally appeared in the weekly email newsletter I write for the Healdsburg Tribune, called...
West county chef is new director of Farm to Pantry
Healdsburg-based nonprofit Farm to Pantry announced April 14, that hunger relief advocate and restaurateur Duskie Estes will take the reins as the organization’s new executive director.
Food for Fines launches this week
The Sonoma County Library is once again partnering with local food banks to help our communities this holiday season. The annual Food for Fines program allows library patrons to return overdue library materials and “pay off” their fines by donating food to those in need.
Passing the baton: Sebastopol’s new police chief arrives in December
Sebastopol mayor Patrick Slayter describes the city’s new police chief as calm, measured and appropriate. The ten-month search for the Sebastopol Police Department’s next numero uno involved exhaustive interviews in a hiring process coordinated by city manager Larry McLaughlin that assessed skill and community-mindedness, Slayter said.
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.
