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The alerts started flowing in this past Wednesday afternoon: A multi-pronged wildfire, consisting of three spot fires, was burning along Chalk Hill Road in the countryside east of Healdsburg and Windsor. Winds were high and grasses were dry. Locals held their breath while Cal Fire and various other...

Narrow planning commissioners vote calls for a more comprehensive environmental impact study

For the past few years, Sonoma County’s public actions, politics and priorities have been defined by wildfires. That’s no longer the case as the year 2020 looks to be defined by homelessness. Local governments are spending millions on the intractable problem, lawsuits have been filed, a supervisorial recall election has been threatened and task forces are meeting all over the county. National TV, radio and other media outlets are descending on the county again, this time not to cover more wildfires, but to report on the county’s biggest homeless encampment along the Joe Rodota Trail.

The upcoming West Sonoma County Union High School District board meeting takes up multiple items that not only tell where the district has been but set some of the conditions of its near future.

After years of planning and community member collaboration and conversation, the Healdsburg Arts and Culture Master Plan has finally been approved and adopted.

With wine clubs as a model, the Folklight Film Club brings hands-on, artisanal filmmaking to Sonoma County

The City of Healdsburg has an expansive backyard of natural resources for recreation and nature lovers from rolling green pastures and vineyards, parks, gurgling streams and the Russian River; however, Healdsburg has a craving for more, at least as reported by the official SDAT (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) and Healdsburg 2040 report, which was released late November.

Monday, Dec. 16: An officer stopped a vehicle on Matheson Street at Center Street for suspicion of having expired registration. The vehicle displayed a license plate that did not belong to the vehicle. Through a search of the vehicle, officers located a loaded handgun and about half an ounce of suspected methamphetamines. A 36-YO woman and 51-YO man were arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and having forged or altered registration.

Case count too high, potential to consider in distance learning through December

Existing operation seeking 5-year permit extension