Mayor’s first message to Healdsburg
"Being Healdsburg’s mayor (which the council selects each December) doesn’t carry any additional political power. I get the same single vote on each public decision as my colleagues," says Chris Herrod of his new role.
Seb residents can highlight water savings, take meter survey
While the City of Sebastopol is making strides to encourage residents and businesses to limit water use, it’s also putting forward other water-related odds and ends that residents can use or participate in. We’ve gathered those in a list below.
PG&E amping up power shutoff program
Working on notifying more people of potential shutoffs, getting power back up quicker
Police Log, Sept. 15-21
Reports from the mundane to the headline-grabbing, ripped from the pages of the weekly Police Bulletin...
Jefferson principal departing at end of school year
Yakich will finish out the year in Cloverdale, moving to Windsor’s Mattie Washburn Elementary in July
Festival ready to blossom
Every April since almost World War II, Sebastopol’s population nearly doubles as the surrounding apple orchards begin to blossom with snowy white petals.
California enacted a groundwater law 7 years ago. But wells are still drying up — and the threat is spreading
Kelly O’Brien’s drinking water well had been in its death throes for days before its pump finally gave out over Memorial Day weekend.
Flooding causes emergency declaration
UPDATE: The city has shut down its emergency center, as it reports it no longer requires it.
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
