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In the past year, the pandemic has had many effects on mortality, including deaths from COVID-19, however, drug overdose deaths continue to be a concern and appear to have been exasperated by the pandemic according to a report from Jenny Mercado, a Sonoma County epidemiologist.

On Nov. 9 the County of Sonoma announced it had joined nine other Bay Area counties to issue the same recommendations for safer holidays and travel. Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz counties and the city of Berkeley are aligned in how best to safely celebrate the upcoming winter gatherings and what to consider if you must travel in order to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

The Sebastopol City Council gave the highly debated Benedetti car wash the greenlight after nearly three hours of discussion at its extended March 2 public hearing and deliberation.

How do you hold a mass event like a graduation at a time when mass events are forbidden? Very, very carefully, it turns out.

Longtime Sebastopol resident, Lloyd Focha turned 90 years old on

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In a recent “Community Conversation” on July 15, Corazón Healdsburg announced that it will be offering a series of free online emergency preparedness classes in both English and Spanish with Nuestra Comunidad, a local nonprofit that helps educate folks on emergency and disaster preparedness through public outreach and training.

At the school board’s regular meeting on July 30, West Side School Principal and West Side Union School District Superintendent Kris Menlove revealed the district’s distance learning plans for the 2020-21 school year, stating that distance learning will look quite different this fall and will have a more rigorous program than what was implemented last year.

NYU student studying in Florence forced to return home amid COVID-19 concerns