School board discussing standardized testing at Wednesday meeting
At the first Cloverdale Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees meeting since students headed back to in-person class, the board will be discussing what standardized testing may look like this year and will be viewing a variety of updates and presentations.
State desk spacing arguments rage as big school districts plan April reopening
A majority of California’s largest school districts plan on bringing students and teachers back on campuses by early April, even as local officials grapple with state social distancing requirements they say are unclear and limit kids’ in-person options.
Budget comes due at June 16 WUSD meeting
It’s a packed agenda at the June 16 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, and no one will be busier than chief business officer Lois Standring, who will be leading the items related to all the budget woes.
I appreciate it
It was one of those great Sonoma County spring mornings. Sun shining, wind blowing. Pollen – and hope – in the air. I walked out on my veranda overlooking the nine-hole golf course I recently completed. I relaxed, with mimosa in hand, while watching the kids frolic on the water slide they crafted for a science fair project at school (using only recycled water from our indoor waterfall) and smiled knowing that my family is set financially for the rest of our lives, and my children will be attending the finest colleges in the land with perhaps some overseas study to broaden their understanding and appreciation of different cultures.
Color Me Meh: the Color of the Year is White
Pantone has anointed its 2026 Color of the Year and, in an act of breathtaking caution, selected white. Well, basically white. “Cloud Dancer” is its official name—a soft, contemplative white-adjacent non-color billed as a balm for our overstimulated moment.
Cloverdale Performing Arts Center presents ‘The Time of Your Life’
‘Beautiful piece of Americana’
Rotary clubs put the final touches on the play structure in Libby Park
On Saturday, May 23, members of Sebastopol’s two Rotary Clubs — the Rotary Club of Sebastopol and Rotary Club Sebastopol Sunrise — donned masks and brought their shovels to put the final touches on the new play structure in Libby Park, dispersing bark around the playground.
Windsor Police deputy commended for recovery of 23 stolen vehicles
Recoveries include heavy construction equipment and a












