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Sunday, June 7, marked Sebastopol's fourth day of protests over police brutality against people of color, and shouts of “No justice, no peace, no racist police” and the honking of horns filled the downtown area.

The Sebastopol City Council is slated to address a small agenda at its meeting on Oct. 6, with one proclamation, one public hearing and two regular agenda items. The meeting will be held virtually starting at 6 p.m. The meetings are broadcast live over Zoom or livestream.com, and are also available to watch after the meeting occurs. To view the full meeting agenda, click here.

In the meantime, the CUSD will start introducing small cohorts of select students

New babies — According to conservation biologists from Audubon Canyon Ranch (ACR), two mountain lion kittens were born at Trione-Annadel State Park in early February to a female mountain lion being tracked by ACR’s Living with Lions research study. This marks the first litter delivered by the 3.5-year-old mother cat (named P11 for the study), who in September was captured and fitted with a GPS-tracking collar just outside the park’s boundary.

Gobble gobble — Healdsburg community members gathered at the Healdsburg Senior Center on Nov. 25 for an early Thanksgiving meal provided by the Healdsburg Noon Rotary Club and the senior center.

Statements release by both the Sonoma County Department of Health Service (DHS) and the Sonoma County Office of Education reveal that while local officials believe the risk of coronavirus in Sonoma County is low, they are preparing anyway.

The primary item of interest at the Oct. 21 meeting of the Windsor Town Council centered around questions relating to changes the town is facing in the wake of its first elections since the town switched to districts and an at-large mayor.

Four local artists are having a happier holiday this year thanks to the Public Arts Committee of the city of Sebastopol. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee created the COVID Artist Lottery to help support local artists during this difficult time.

The Legacy’s Annual Holiday Bazaar is a wonderful Sebastopol tradition and, like everything else this year, it’s a little different because of COVID-19. This year, instead of making a temporary home in a vacant storefront, it’s being held at the spacious, high-ceilinged Community Cultural Center on Morris Street, which will make social distancing easier.

Loud parties, fast drivers, stolen purses and more graffiti are catalogued in this issue's Police Log...