Healdsburg Police and Sheriff’s Department Logs, Oct. 16-22
Healdsburg Police and Sheriff’s Department Logs
County residents affected by fires now eligible for CalFresh disaster benefits
Sonoma County residents and workers impacted by recent fires may be eligible for disaster CalFresh benefits to provide funds for food purchases under temporary regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (also known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP).
Santa Rosa Blood Center re‐opens following fires; needs blood donors
Blood Centers of the Pacific’s Santa Rosa Center is back open and in need of volunteer blood donors after being closed for nearly two weeks due to the North Bay wildfires. The blood center is both a hub of operations that delivers blood products to all the Sonoma County hospitals as well as a blood donation center.
We’re not OK, and that’s OK
Last week, you read about Heather's evacuation from the ranch and the loss of her parents' house in Fountaingrove. This week, the story continues...
Coping after a disaster: How to help and be helped during recovery phase
How do you talk to someone who lost everything in the fire?
What we took and what we left behind
In the rush to flee the firestorm, many of us were faced with having to quantify and calculate the emotional and actual value of many of our possessions in an incredibly brief period of time. Now, living in an area with some familiarity with natural disasters, many of us knew the basics — ID, important documents, checkbook, medicine, pets — but after that was covered, what did people grab to potentially start a new life with?
Fighting the good fight – on the run
Barbara Recchia, survivor and race founder, continues the cause with Barb’s Tri
Prevention strategies: Healthy lifestyle choices ensure a lifetime of breast health
Knowing the facts about breast cancer empowers a woman to take the necessary steps to detect the disease in its early stages, while encouraging her to make lifestyle changes to reduce the odds of developing the disease in the first place.
Finding hope, support in family: A survivor’s story
Lisa Cadwalader’s story begins with a mammogram. “My cancer was found during a routine mammogram,” Lisa, who is my aunt through marriage, told me. “I am and will always be a proponent of mammograms.”
Moving forward on housing relief
So, sometimes government can move swiftly. I was very heartened to see PermitSonoma meeting last week to discuss efforts to both replace housing in the county, and find ways to create more housing on both a permanent and temporary basis.
