Windsor’s interim town manager looks forward to helping town through ‘challenging’ times
In 2016, Mark Linder retired from a 31-year career in public administration, serving cities throughout the South Bay region, including San Jose. Now he’s running the Town of Windsor as the new interim manager while the community recovers from the events of last year and important decisions that will affect its future approach.
Some west county schools closed Friday due to COVID-related staffing issues
Sebastopol's REACH Charter School as well as all schools in the Gravenstein Union School District will be closed Friday, Jan. 14.
First mask-up, then we celebrate
When faced with big and nasty challenges like fighting off the current surges of local COVID-19 coronavirus cases there is no better motivator than a promise of a delicious reward just waiting for us at almost arm’s length. It’s like the child’s lollipop a doctor offers after a show of bravery for getting a measles shot.
Will COVID sick leave return to California?
Labor unions and their Democratic allies in the Legislature want to bring back extra paid sick leave for COVID-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom is also proposing to revive supplemental leave in his budget.
Commentary: The bioretention geek
Ukiah, the city I work in, recently renovated the entire downtown area with new sidewalks, paved road, and all new trees with planter areas. In full transparency, I was involved in aspects of the planning of this project but not the design. When a co-worker of mine made a criticism regarding the new planters at all the street corners, I was excited to actually have some rare insight that I felt was useful in a nerdy sort of way. He complained that the contractor left the planter areas several inches too shallow and made an opening in the curb which will likely flood and dump garbage and dirty water around the new plants just put in. “Exactly the point!” was my response which only made him more confused, and as I presume, makes him not the only one. Let me geek out with you in a science meets nature sort of way.
Insurance starting to recover $1.2 million stolen from Sebastopol in cyber fraud
Locals finally got some answers about how $1.2 million was taken from Sebastopol’s reserves account held by the County of Sonoma in late April and what the city’s going to do about it.
Body found near Cloverdale ID’d
Authorities have released the identity of a deceased individual, whose body was discovered in a remote field along Highway 101 outside Cloverdale.
CDPH survey finds issues abound with skilled nursing unit
A recent survey conducted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) found around a total of 31 deficiencies in care at Pacifica Healdsburg Senior Living’s skilled nursing unit.
Planning Commission holding public hearing for Alexander Valley Apartments
The Cloverdale Planning Commission is set to hold a public hearing for a proposed housing development on Asti Road Tuesday night, Jan. 11. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be held both at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center and online via Zoom. The agenda for the meeting, which includes numerous attachments about the project, can be found here.
