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Sonoma County was added to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus county watchlist Friday, July 10, joining 29 other counties in the state, according to the county’s health officer, Dr. Sundari Mase. Being placed on the watchlist is one of the first steps in a series of actions that could have certain businesses in the county shutting back down in as soon as three days, should case numbers not improve.

Recology Sonoma Marin, and all other state trash haulers, will be getting more responsibilities due to Senate Bill 1381 and consequently, Healdsburg residents will see a one-time trash rate increase adjustment of 3.3% effective Jan. 1, 2023.

Heart City made its debut in Cloverdale as a holiday pop-up shop in December 2019, opening full-time as a “modern day five and dime” in February 2020. Now, shop owner Erin Turko is going back to the store’s roots, opening up the shop for makers who want to use part of the retail space to hold their own pop-ups.

California’s legislature recently adjourned after passing a number of laws that affect housing, employment and health care.

Take 401 Piper St. It was a great product, so we priced it at the absolute top end of comparable properties and we found two buyers to bid up the price beyond expectations to sell it in a day. The buyers were out-of-town buyers looking for a retirement place—the perfect buyers.

Sebastopol World Friends is asking people to ring bells to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

MONDAY, NOV. 1

Neighborly spirit

Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the slideshow (above) of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Sonoma Humane Society, Healdsburg Center.