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Former Fifth District supervisor loved west county and worked to make it a better place.

Danny Flores and the folks at Van Acker Construction who heard reports of firefighters working grueling 72-hour shifts decided they wanted to help out crews by purchasing $700 worth of food and drinks at the Safeway on Vine Street. One of the managers at Safeway decided they wanted to help too and when Flores went to check out his order, the grocers comped the entire purchase. 

The Healdsburg City Council will consider adopting the Healdsburg 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) along with an update to the city’s water shortage contingency plan at its next council meeting on Oct. 18. The council will also consider adopting a resolution to submit a joint application for Project Homekey.

Rusty Hicks, chair of the California Democratic Party, is one of the strongest candidates in the upcoming primary election for Assembly District 2, but some members of the party are urging him to resign from his dual role due to a conflict of interest and neglect of duty.

Election 2020 

Last week Healdsburg Junior High held its first Annual Creative Exhibition, showcasing the hard work and imagination of students from six different elective courses. Students, parents and teachers gathered at the multi-purpose room, where artwork lined the walls, robot obstacle courses took center stage and throwback songs like the Macarena were cued up by the effervescent Spanish teacher, Carlos Diaz. The six electives represented were Fine Arts, Recycled Arts, Robotics, Spanish, Leadership and Technology, and for each area students chose to display a piece of work they were most proud of from the current school year.

Helping out ‘town treasures’

Plans partly informed by surveys of students and teachers