Sebastopol Rotary looking for swim class volunteers
The sounds of summer will soon be coming from the direction of Ives Pool, where the Sebastopol Rotary Club will again be teaching local 7-year-olds how to swim. Sebastopol Rotary's Learn-to-Swim Program is now in its 36th year, and the club is looking for volunteers to help with this year's program.
Healdsburg at the Crossroads as SMART Meets GRT
A dozen more-curious-than-normal hikers walked along Foss Creek Pathway on Thursday last week, taking the measure of the footpath from the City Hall at North and Grove streets south to the trail’s current terminus where the railroad tracks cross Front Street.
Though a public notice...
Healdsburg Police Log Feb 20-24
Monday, Feb. 20
1:48pm. At Parkpoint Health and Swim Club on Foss Creek Cir., Reporting Party (RP) states that while she was in the gym her vehicle was keyed. Report taken.
4:18pm. A party came into the Police Department (PD) lobby stating that she was verbally...
Photo Gallery: Trail of treats
On Halloween the town of Windsor put on a Trick or Treat Trail at Keiser Park. Families made reservations ahead of time for socially-distance time slots throughout the day and local businesses and entities offered pandemic conscious treat delivery as the families strolled through the park.
Windsor Kiwanis toy drive bins still at Windsor firehouses, despite controversy
A conflict over the Sonoma County Fire District’s role in hosting toy bins for the Windsor Kiwanis Club’s annual food and toy drive that left one club member to picket a fire station in Windsor was resolved last month, with the all parties ready to put the emphasis back on working together to get gifts to local kids.
City council interested in allowing food trucks in Healdsburg
After years of having a policy that doesn’t allow food trucks in Healdsburg — save for special permitted, city approved events — the Healdsburg City Council is interested in exploring options, such as a pilot program or a city policy change, for allowing food trucks in Healdsburg.
WSCUHSD social-emotional support network works to address mental health struggles
The West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) has been weaving a strong support network of social and emotional services for students managing their schoolwork and their mental health during a year for the books.
Local schools that planned to reopen now pivoting toward distance learning
Schools that were moving toward a full return to in-class instruction this fall — such as the small, rural Alexander Valley School and private K-8 school, The Healdsburg School — are now scrambling to pivot toward a full distance learning model following new guidance recently by Gov. Gavin Newsom that requires schools in counties that are on the state’s coronavirus watch list to start the year in remote learning.
