Bulk of Sebastopol council meetings items postponed
After only addressing a handful of its scheduled agenda items, the Sebastopol City Council capped its July 20 meeting around midnight, pushing off eight of the agenda’s items for a future meeting tentatively set for 8-10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28.
Sebastopol’s polystyrene and plastic food-service ware ban went into effect this week
Awareness of the ban is spotty among local merchants
Income, language, other barriers add to kindergarten readiness gap between white and Latinx children
Unequal access to resources in Sonoma County plays a key role in the kindergarten readiness gap between white and Latinx children uncovered by a local study by the Road to Early Achievement and Development for Youth (READY) program.
Red Flag Warning in place this weekend
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a Red Flag Warning is being issued for Friday night, June 7 until Sunday afternoon, June 9. The warning pertains to the North Bay hills above 1,000 feet.
Annual count shows decline in homeless population
The year 2020 in Sonoma County will be remembered more for the COVID-19 pandemic and series of wildfires, but it also was a year bookended by a persistent homeless crisis that will still exist into the new year of 2021.
