Black Lives Matter banner outside of Sebastopol library burned
A Black Lives Matter banner exhibited as part of a civic engagement display outside the Sebastopol Regional Library was found cut down and burned earlier this month. Library representatives and police are unsure of who vandalized the display but are taking the action seriously.
Progressive Urgent Care partially reopens in Sebastopol
Progressive Urgent Care Sebastopol broke its 20-month closure Friday, Nov. 12, opening its doors around the corner from Sonoma Specialty Hospital (SSH) on Palm Avenue. The facility previously located inside SSH closed when COVID-19 hit locally in March 2020.
Shelter in place is working to flatten the curve of COVID-19
Modeling data from the Imperial College of London reveals that Sonoma County’s shelter-in-place order is significantly flattening the curve of COVID-19, and reducing the mortality rate for those over the age of 65. In doing so, the curve is also being stretched out, meaning the surge in cases will likely occur in about 60 days, requiring about 1,500 hospital beds.
