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California is flush with cash — the state has an estimated budget surplus of $21 billion — and, separately, gas prices are way up. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to send California drivers as much as $800 each and encourage public transit systems to offer free rides, the latest proposal from state policymakers seeking to offset the soaring cost of gasoline and other goods for struggling residents.

There’s a new art installation at the front of the Sebastopol Regional Library, a 3D piece called “Gray Matter” by Sonoma County artist Michael McGinnis. The art piece celebrates the rational and the creative through a precise and complex swirl of metal.

The right ambiance and environment can help a student want to do homework — but it can also give space for relaxation and fun. That is what Corazón Healdsburg's new teen center is trying to do. The center, located inside of the Healdsburg Community Center, was created in order for high school students in the area to have a place where they can do homework, study or socialize.

On March 22, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to allocate $950,000 in capital funds for the L&M Village in Healdsburg and $600,000 for The Studios at Montero in Petaluma, both of which are Project Homekey sites. The funding commitment ensures that the two sites will secure additional matching allocations from the State of California to assist with funding gaps.

At its meeting Wednesday night, March 23, the Cloverdale City Council will undertake three regular business items — discussing a “military use policy” as required by state law, consider conducting a rate review of Recology’s special rate adjustment and consider modifying the city’s tax rate for cannabis businesses to one that’s tiered instead of across the board.

The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.

Several local climate coalition groups and other advocacy groups convened at Plaza Park on Monday at 5 p.m. to call for continued climate action and to thank the Healdsburg City Council for naming climate mobilization as one of their top priorities for the new fiscal year.

The Guerneville Regional Library is closing for a few weeks to allow for interior upgrades. According to an announcement from the Sonoma County Library, work on the library will begin March 25 and the library will reopen for limited service in mid-April and is expected to open for full service in May.

Community clinics in California that have been waiting for more than a year to be reimbursed for COVID-19 vaccinations may soon be flooding state officials with tens of millions of dollars in bills.