Program allows students to explore their fields of interest
From Healdsburg all the way to Bodega Bay minds are opening to new possibilities. Over the course of three weeks, beginning Jan. 23, all Healdsburg High School juniors participate in a for-credit internship program and have the opportunity to work with professionals in their field of interest and experience day-to-day responsibilities.
Local Watch Duty App Has Been a ‘Lifeline’ for LA
I don’t know a single person here in Sonoma County who doesn’t already have the Watch Duty app downloaded and poised to start spewing notifications, in case of wildfire. But most of my Los Angeles friends had never heard of it before Jan. 7,...
Small Shiloh blaze
A small fire broke out on the northbound side of Highway 101, between the Airport Boulevard and Shiloh Road exits on Sunday, July 12 around 5 p.m. The fire burned a patch of grass along the roadside and encroached into an adjoining vineyard. The fire was under control in about 25 minutes and fully cleaned up in another 30 minutes.
Rotary project helps get water to Tanzanian school
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bukoba, Tanzania, successfully completed a water, sanitation and hygiene Rotary Global Grant project at Iluhya Secondary School in Bukoba. The rural boarding school, 30 kilometers outside of town, lacked sufficient water for the 600 students, faculty and staff. Students had to rise at 5 a.m. and hike 4 kilometers to a spring and carry water back to school in five-gallon buckets each day before attending classes.
City’s Public Art Grants Open for Applicants
As part of City of Healdsburg’s “efforts to foster and enhance our creative community,” it was announced last week that the city’s first Public Art Grant Program is looking for applicants. This program is one of the outcomes of the recently adopted Arts and...
Sonoma County Bluegrass Festival set to bloom again this spring
Early every spring in Sonoma County, just after the yellow mustard blooms in vineyard rows, but before the snowy white apple blossoms of April, rises the hand-picked sounds of acoustic folk and bluegrass music along the Laguna de Santa Rosa at the annual Sonoma County Bluegrass and Folk Festival.
Itai Lopez named Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year
Healdsburg High School freshman Itai Lopez was named Youth of
