A new art installation is lighting up the Plaza gazebo with color and sound
A new light art installation that’s activated by sound is now up on the gazebo at Plaza Park, a colorful and innovative installation by local couple Gregg and Greta Schoenberg.
Move-in begins at RV park village in Sebastopol
The first residents of the RV park village in Sebastopol may be living under the same roofs as they did parked on Morris Street, but are now under different circumstances. Most began arriving Tuesday, Feb. 15 to join the city’s year-long pilot program run by Sonoma Applied Village Services to support their transition into more stable housing.
Newsom administration outlines future plans for COVID
Vowing to be smarter after lessons learned over the past two years, the Newsom administration yesterday gave a glimpse of what the next few months — and potentially years — may look like in California with COVID-19 likely to stick around.
Masks still required in HUSD, but there are a few other changes to district COVID policy
Sonoma County lifted its universal indoor mask mandate on Feb. 16, however, school districts, including the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD), are still requiring indoor masking for students and adults.
What is freedom?
What is freedom? Is everyone entitled to his or her own definition of freedom or do all of us have to agree on a single definition to have a functioning society? Why does the question about freedom seem so relevant now?
West County club collects donations to address ‘period poverty’
Last weekend, the West County High School Mental Health Club gathered outside Rust Boutique in Sebastopol to raise funds and collect personal hygiene products and new and lightly used bras in an effort to combat “period poverty.” Club members asked for cash donations and items to donate to Catholic Charities on Feb.12.
Downtown Bakery & Creamery reopens this week under new, local owners
The beloved Downtown Bakery & Creamery is reopening on Thursday, Feb. 17 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Layoffs coming before WUSD board Feb. 17
At their Feb. 17 meeting, the Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) Board of Trustees will consider recommendations to lay off over 20 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, in addition to considering two items related to high school mathematics, receiving an auditor’s report, potentially approving the total base rent for portables to house Cali students while a permanent classroom building is built, and the potential issuance of $14.6 million in Measure F general obligation bonds.
