Hispanic Vintners Celebrate Harvest at Bacchus
Since its opening two years ago, in July 2021, Bacchus Landing has become recognized as a prime place to hold larger events in Healdsburg, from the monthly “Music on the Piazza” affair on first Saturdays, to several sold-out concerts for June’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival.
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City budget review looks at cuts, changes
Healdsburg City Council and the city’s administrative services and finance director, Heather Ippoliti, have started to review the city’s budget for the next fiscal cycle. The council met several times last week in both closed and open session meetings to discuss the city’s biennial budget for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and the necessary budget changes and cuts that will need to be implemented to soften the blow from the COVID-19 related economic recession.
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Black Lives Matter mural defaced
A week after an event was held commemorating the new Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Sebastopol, someone spray painted over the first few letters of the piece — writing “all” in white, over the bright yellow letters of the word “Black.”
Cloverdale schools readying to return to in-person learning
With less than a month until the Cloverdale Unified School District (CUSD) reopens its doors to students, the district gave an update on its reopening plan during its July 21 school board meeting.
Sheriff candidate gathers endorsements
As the race to replace popular incumbent Sheriff Rob Giordano gets underway in the new year, Captain Mark Essick has gained ground with a series of key endorsements – including the nod of Sheriff Giordano himself.
Faherty Opens As Council Considers Formula Stores
The new proposal was to expand the formula-free zone one block further into the Downtown Commercial district. McDowell showed a map where a red line marked the border of the proposed formula-free zone; it surrounds most of seven city blocks adjacent to the Plaza, marking a significant expansion of the prohibition zone.
Skilled nursing unit to lose its Medicare/Medicaid funding
After failing to rectify a situation of immediate jeopardy to residents in the skilled nursing unit of the Pacifica Healdsburg Senior Living facility, the unit is losing its Medicare/Medicaid funding on Jan. 15 and will be closing. As a result, the skilled nursing unit is asking its 16 residents to leave by Jan. 15, according to some family members of residents.
