Healdsburg Police and Sheriff Logs, July 15 – July 27, 2018
The following are excerpted from the log entries of the Healdsburg Police Department and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department for the Healdsburg area.
Local nonprofit distributes N95 masks, emergency preparedness info.
As the thick smell of smoke clung to the air and ash rained down from the sky, nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg handed out N95 masks and emergency preparedness brochures to residents Thursday afternoon at the Healdsburg Community Center.
Most north and west county schools reopening Tuesday or Wednesday
Many schools in the north and west sections of Sonoma County are likely reopen for students and classes tomorrow and Wednesday, as long as the fire and air quality conditions don’t get worse.
Torture orchard: Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?
There’s a hive of PhDs at the University of California at Davis who are working to reinvent food production in the Golden State. Researchers have fanned out across the globe collecting rare plant samples; others are grafting Frankenstein trees and stitching together root systems of plums and peaches to create better almond and walnut trees.
Cloverdale City Council discussing leash laws, water shortages at Wednesday meeting
Climate-related issues are taking center stage at this week’s Cloverdale City Council meeting. At its regular meeting this Wednesday, April 28, the Cloverdale City Council will be viewing two presentations about fire safety, and will be holding a public hearing to consider a resolution declaring a Stage 2 Water Shortage Emergency, mandating water conservation measures. Additionally, the council will review proposed solutions for leash law violations and dangerous dog enforcement. Open session of the council meeting begins at 6 p.m. Attendees can watch the meeting either on Zoom or on the city’s YouTube page. For the full council agenda, which includes a link to the Zoom, click here.
