Presentation about additional river access at this week’s council meeting
Sept. 23 meeting will also cover waste collection rates, Home Sonoma County program, temporary housing urgency ordinance, among other items
Healdsburg Boy Scout donates hand sanitizer to local homeless organizations
Healdsburg Troop 21 Boy Scout Ben Stevens recently collected hand sanitizer donations from local distillers and donated between 300 to 400 bottles of hand sanitizer to Reach for Home, Catholic Charities and the Redwood Gospel Mission.
County case rates continue to decline as orange tier possibilities draw closer
Sonoma County’s COVID-19 case rate and testing positivity rates continue to decline and, according to Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase, the state is expected to adjust the orange tier case rate metric once 4 million doses of vaccine have been delivered to the most disadvantaged communities, meaning the county may be able to move into the orange tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy within the next two to three weeks.
Students show off prized livestock at fair
FFA and 4-H members spend months preparing for annual fair
House fire in Windsor
According to the Sonoma County Fire District, at around 8 a.m. on Oct. 6, a structure fire ignited on the 11000 block of Old Redwood Highway in Windsor. All occupants including two dogs and two kittens were rescued unharmed. In a photo taken by the fire district, an operation known as a tactical ventilation technique is shown as firefighters work to save the home.
Local chef prepares to feed people spending Christmas alone
In a typical winter holiday season, Sebastopol’s star chef and prolific food journalist Michele Anna Jordan used to celebrate with her two daughters, gifts and bûche de noël, or yule log cake. In more recent years, she delighted in hosting Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas morning breakfast for friends.
