Citrus Fair’s Fonsen Young is taking the helm at the John Jordan Foundation
Katie Fonsen Young, CEO of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair, is leaving her Cloverdale post to become executive director for the John Jordan Foundation. The foundation’s former executive director, Lisa Wittke Schaffner, is taking over as chief executive officer for North Coast Builders Exchange in October.
All large events on city property in Sebastopol must now be zero waste
On Nov. 19, the Sebastopol City Council added a new zero waste component to the special event permit required for large events on city property, such as Ives Park or Libby Park.
SLIDESHOW: River communities rise to cleanup challenge
It was dirty work, but many did it with a smile.
Scene Seen: Live Music in Cloverdale in February
Right off the bat on February 1, the Jazz Club at the Arts Alliance brings you a fabulous international mélange of styles and influences that spans the globe yet makes its home in San Francisco. Barrio Manouche—from the Spanish word for, essentially, “neighborhood,” and a name by which certain clans of the Romany Gypsy people identify themselves, is a collection of extremely accomplished instrumentalists who hail from around the world. The music is modern but ancient, drawing heavily as it does from the Romany Gypsy tradition, with its guitars and violins, exotic melodies and emphasis on improvisation.
Post-prohibition: Where can I get high now?
On Jan. 1 something changed in the air in Sonoma County. While some communities welcomed the first official day of adult-use cannabis legalization, not everyone was “waking and baking” that morning.
