Call 988: California finds $20 million to help pay for new crisis hotline
Soon, Californians will be able to dial a new three-digit number when seeking help for a mental health crisis.
Sun and Steelhead
Piscine pals — Sunny but breezy weather drew the crowds for the 12th annual Steelhead Festival at Lake Sonoma. As usual, junior fishing and archery were standing room only events, with lines forming almost immediately. There were music and food trucks, as well as educational exhibits about the state of the Steelhead and other native species.
Californians ask: Where are our coronavirus vaccines?
With Californians growing desperate to protect themselves from COVID-19 and put the pandemic behind them, many want to know: where are their vaccines?
School briefs: Distance learning continuing, boosters fundraiser, voter registration
Distance learning to continue through Oct. 23
WSCUHSD to boost student services with state funding
At the May 26 West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) board meeting, trustees approved the district’s Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) Grant Plan, detailing how the district will use the grant to carry out a learning recovery plan for students who are up against serious social-emotional and learning obstacles.
How much is rent relief helping Californians?
When Blanca Esthela Trejo, 46, lies down to sleep, what feels like shards of glass stab her back and cut into her lungs — a lingering effect of COVID-19.
Healdsburg Planning Commission decides on hotel limit restrictions
The Healdsburg Planning Commission approved an ordinance Tuesday evening that will limit the amount of hotels built in the plaza and in the city’s Downtown Commercial district near Piper, Vine, East and Mill Streets. If approved by city council, the two-pronged motion will put a strict limit on hotel development by prohibiting new hotel rooms from being built in the four-block radius of the Plaza retail zoning district and by limiting new hotels in the downtown commercial district to those that include no more than five rooms.
