Plaza Street reopening to traffic, city exploring opportunities for pedestrian-friendly zones
Healdsburg’s open streets program — which involves the closure of Plaza Street between Center Street and East Street for outdoor dining and other activities — will end on Jan. 3, 2022 and the street will be reopened to vehicular traffic.
Cloverdale Police arrest suspect of armed robbery
Cloverdale police arrested a suspect in connection with the armed robbery of the town’s Quick Stop convenience store on Wednesday, Dec. 8, according to a Nixle alert from the Cloverdale Police Department.
Windsor toy drive collecting gifts for an extended amount of time
DÃa de los Muertos Windsor, Chicano Truckin and Windsor Service Alliance are collaborating on a toy drive to help serve the Windsor community.
Sebastopol City Council gives RV village the go-ahead
Things are looking up for people living tenuously in their RVs on Morris Street who may move into the RV park village program approved Tuesday, Dec. 7 by the Sebastopol City Council.
La Familia Sana is growing roots
Slowly but surely, La Familia Sana, a nonprofit organization in Cloverdale, is working on being known in the community. By focusing on outreach, La Familia Sana, which started in 2019, hopes all of the Cloverdale community will eventually know they can go to them for help.
Windsor Kiwanis toy drive bins still at Windsor firehouses, despite controversy
A conflict over the Sonoma County Fire District’s role in hosting toy bins for the Windsor Kiwanis Club’s annual food and toy drive that left one club member to picket a fire station in Windsor was resolved last month, with the all parties ready to put the emphasis back on working together to get gifts to local kids.
Saluting pandemic-era student-athletes
The COVID-19 pandemic has been cruel to all of us for many reasons. Of course there have been thousands of cases of illnesses in Sonoma County and now 414 deaths, almost all of them taking place unaccompanied by family or loved ones. Jobs and businesses have been lost and all our daily lives have been restricted by ongoing public health rules requiring us to wear masks, get vaccinated and tested and to limit our public interactions.
Lands selected as 2022 mayor, Wolter as vice mayor
The Cloverdale City Council selected its mayor and vice mayor for the upcoming year, with 2021 Vice Mayor Todd Lands selected as mayor and Councilmember Gus Wolter as vice mayor.
Decision on future of Windsor Civic Center project delayed until June
The Windsor Town Council opted to delay a vote regarding the future of the controversial Civic Center project until after the special election in April, when a fifth council member has been seated.
