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The nomination period for the upcoming election opened up earlier this week on July 13. For Windsor, that means that folks looking to run for a variety of boards — including school board and city council — are able to throw their hat into the ring to be placed on the Nov. 3 ballot. The nomination period is open until Friday, Aug. 7.

At its regular meeting this week, the Cloverdale City Council will be reviewing its draft budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, hold a public hearing on its Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan and will receive an update on Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) Sustainable Solutions Turnkey program. The meeting is being held over Zoom and will begin at 6 p.m. on May 26. To view the full council agenda, click here.

It will be a full meeting at the April 18 meeting of the Healdsburg Unified School District, with the physical and curricular future of the district up for discussion.

Steel shells more than 100 feet long to be driven into riverbed

Sonoma County Regional Parks purchased 515 acres of land in Monte Rio for future use as a county park and open space preserve. The $3.9 million purchase was approved by the county board of supervisors in August and the land was purchased in October.

Cloverdale city staff set up a sand pile at Cloverdale City Park this week in preparation for a predicted atmospheric river. The self-serve sand bag station is available for residents who need sand to help prevent flooding.

The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.

California’s grid operator has called a statewide Flex Alert for Tuesday and Wednesday this week, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges its customers to conserve energy as triple-digit heat will impact much of the company’s service area.