Pregnant women and new moms invited to join UC Davis wildfire study
Study to assess effects of smoke and ash on pre- and post-natal health of women and their babies
Creek Week volunteer opportunities
Throughout the Russian River watershed, the third week of September is recognized as Creek Week. This year Creek Week is from September 16 to September 24. During Creek Week, creek, river and ocean clean-up campaigns will take place throughout Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.
Planning Commission holding public hearing for Alexander Valley Apartments
The Cloverdale Planning Commission is set to hold a public hearing for a proposed housing development on Asti Road Tuesday night, Jan. 11. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be held both at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center and online via Zoom. The agenda for the meeting, which includes numerous attachments about the project, can be found here.
Forum outlines the pros and cons of Measure A
The Sonoma County League of Women Voters hosted a forum devoted to discussing the pros and cons of the two measures on the ballot for west county voters in March. The first, Measure A, asks voters to approve a $48 parcel tax for West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) and the other, Measure B, asks voters to approve a 4% increase to west county’s transient occupancy tax (TOT) for hotels and short-term rentals to help support west county schools and fire districts.
Power outage leads Harmony School District to close for a day
A power outage has led Harmony School District in Occidental to close Wednesday, Sept. 15, summoning buses and informing parents to pick up the children who were already on campus, according to Jamie Hansen, director of communications at the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE).
HUSD dip in attendance coincides with omicron surge
Amid the surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant, the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) has been seeing higher than usual absence rates. District administrators are hopeful that new California Department of Public Health (CDPH) guidance on COVID contact tracing and quarantining in schools will allow more students to stay in school.
Life returns to Sonoma County parks after the fire
With the sun shining, the brooks babbling and green in abundance, it is time to experience the regrowth of the regional parks in Sonoma County. Many are witnessing the rising wildflowers and vegetation from the ashes of October, with trails being reopened and support for restoration. A few months after the fire, the fungi, plants and flowers are blooming once again in the midst of the spring season. Sonoma County is active as always, with thousands of people participating in the season’s sunshine.
Esmeralda has eyes on Cloverdale resort site
For the past year, Devon Zuegel of Esmeralda Land Company has engaged in talks to purchase nearly 270 acres of land at the south end of sleepy Cloverdale, and to develop it into a new town, or neighborhood, to be called Esmeralda.
