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Faced with the task of crafting a ballot measure that was accurate, legal and appealing to the average voter, the Healdsburg City Council took pains to review the recommended wording for a November ballot measure that would amend the 24-year-old Growth Management Ordinance, or GMO.

On Tuesday, the office of the Sonoma County Health Officer issued a health advisory as smoky air from the Point Fire near Lake Sonoma continued to cover parts of the county. Such advisories proved common during the summer months of several recent years since 2017, when the Tubbs Fire swept across Sonoma County. This is the first advisory so far in 2024...

When an officer stopped a vehicle near CVS Pharmacy on Center Street for crossing double lines, an 18-year-old (YO) male was arrested and brought to county jail for driving under the influence of a drug, being a minor in possession of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance and possession of an open container...

Even as work proceeds through the end of the month to reopen the seasonal span over the Russian River near the community of Asti—the so-called Asti Summer Crossing—the County of Sonoma is finalizing preparations to turn the crossing into a permanent one. “A Permanent Asti...

Two weeks after the Healdsburg Planning Commission voted to approve a new parking lot at Montage Healdsburg, members of the citizen group Climate Action Healdsburg (CAH) filed an appeal that will take the decision to the City Council for reconsideration...

Graduation Day means a lot to every senior who picks up his or her diploma and hears the cheers of friends, family and faculty. This year 126 such seniors left 12th grade behind to begin the rest of their lives—but for five local students, the event signified something even more special...

The RP indicated that a red pickup truck was being driven too fast and in the center median on Bailhache Avenue near the railroad tracks. The shirtless driver subsequently got out of his vehicle. Officers responded and arrested and jailed a 44-YO man for possessing a leaded cane or baton, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of drugs and changing or altering required markings on a firearm or an imitation firearm to look more like a firearm....

The State Legislature is currently considering two bills that would place the bond measure on the ballot. Should it pass, the bond would represent the largest voter-approved climate investment in U.S. history, with at least 40% of the funds directed toward the most vulnerable communities....

“We really need to look at the overall design of the playgrounds, not just an element-by-element basis,” said Councilmember Ariel Kelley. “‘Inclusive playgrounds’ is an entire body of work that’s happening across the country to make playgrounds more accessible to kids with a variety of physical limitations.”

"We have finalized a ballot measure for Healdsburg’s voters that encourages housing that is best suited to Healdsburg’s workers," writes Councilmember Chris Herrod, "near the city center, close to transportation and jobs, and where higher density units make the most sense, both cosmetically and economically (and in accord with our climate goals)..."