Public meetings going virtual again at next town council meeting
Subdivision map, fire fuel management and a public art project on agenda
Healdsburg Switches Up Animal Control Services
The Healdsburg animal shelter on Westside Road, run by the Humane Society of Sonoma County (HSSC), just chose a new partner for animal control — aka, the job of responding to the wilier, out-of-shelter situations involving animals wandering around town. For the past decade,...
Police Log, Nov. 24 – 30
Residents and others are encouraged to call Healdsburg Police Dispatch as needed at 707.431.3377, operational 24/7. Here are this week's dispatch entries...
Disaster response team to help with Kincade recovery
Team Rubicon, a disaster response team made up of primarily veterans made helping Sonoma County its next mission. The group has between 22 and 26 people who will be heading out to homes burned down by the Kincade Fire in an effort to help homeowners sift through the ashes for important possessions.
Rivera named interim director of Sonoma County Department of Health Services
Tina Rivera — an administrator with over 25 years of experience in government and nonprofit work — has been named the interim director of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services following the departure of Barbie Robinson, the former county health services director.
SLIDESHOW: A long night in the vineyard
Harvest crews picked 41 tons of grapes at the Corazón del Rio vineyard on Eastside Road in a single night on September 8. The crews started at 9 p.m. and worked until dawn. The photo above was taken at about 4:30 a.m. The harvest workers were in their ninth hour of picking and showed no sign of tiring. The grapes will be made into Ferrari-Carano Russian River Chardonnay.
Special Sebastopol council meeting set to tackle leftovers from last week
The Sebastopol City Council is holding a special meeting this Wednesday, July 28, to work through some of the items it had planned to work through during a meeting on July 20. The lengthy regular meeting stretched to midnight, causing the council to continue its remaining agenda to this Wednesday. While the full meeting agenda boasts about eight items, the council is restricted in how long it can meet on Wednesday, with the meeting scheduled to last from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The full agenda can be found here.
Sculptor Spotlight: Susan Leibovitz Steinman
Susan Leibovitz Steinman from Oakland has a sculpture on the Geyserville Sculpture Trail. “Cartwheels” is created out of a salvaged grocery cart, bicycle wheels, pipe clamps, river stones and metal mesh. It seems to be precariously balanced, yet is not and speaks of limited, conflicted mobility. The cart filled with river stones gives it balance and weight, securing it in place. It’s a loose metaphor for the importance of nature in securing a balanced center for everyone in modern life.
