County Elections Officials Close in on Final Results
The elections process is like a fractal image: its microscopic detail resembles its macroscopic appearance, with individual voters casting their ballot into a wider pool of input. The results, the democratic election of public servants, can have a large impact on a city, county...
Healdsburg moves forward with green ordinances
Council votes to go green with 2020 energy reach code, polystyrene foam ban
City Drafts New Plan to Mitigate Disasters
The drought may be over, but disaster still looms. That’s the underlying presumption of the city’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) update, currently in process.
Healdsburg is vulnerable to a wide range of natural disasters, including droughts, wildfires, flooding, landslides and earthquakes. A Local Hazard...
Local distillers, herbalists make hand sanitizer to sell and donate
From the start of the epidemic right down to this day, certain products have been hard to get a hold of — toilet paper and hand sanitizers among them. We haven’t heard of any local TP makers, but two types of local businesses have thrown themselves into the sanitizer business: distilleries and herbalists, both of whom have access to high-proof alcohol as a part of their regular business practices.
Rotary Club of Sebastopol donates nearly $30,000 to help support Ukraine
In early March, the Rotary Club of Sebastopol voted to donate $10,000 to the Rotary International Disaster Response Fund for Ukraine. Since then, the service club has raised an additional $19,000 for a total donation of $29,000 — and the donation amount keeps growing.
