Local cheer set to spread nationwide
The Famous Windsor Gingerbread House will be featured on television this month
Local Rotary Fourth of July event is a now a drive-thru event
Planned parade canceled due to rising COVID-19 cases in county
Highlights from the Sonoma County Coronavirus Town Hall
The Sonoma County Coronavirus Town Hall, held on March 11, brought together the Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors Susan Gorin, interim Public Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase and Christopher Godley, director of the Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management. The town hall was broadcast by KRCB Public Media and facilitated by Steve Mencher, KRCB’s news director. It featured questions gathered by email and phone from Sonoma County citizens.
Parents voice problems with school equity
Community members voiced their equity concerns at the Healdsburg Unified School District special town hall meeting Feb. 5.
A fire diary, one year later
On Oct. 8, 2017, my son celebrated his eighth birthday with four friends who all had birthdays within a few days of each other. We moms had decided this group party was the easiest way to celebrate, and the Epicenter on Coffey Lane has virtually everything a kid could want for their birthday shenanigans. They partied in the arcade, downed copious pizza, played laser tag and sang “Happy Birthday” over their custom Pokémon birthday cake.
Fires highlight critical weaknesses in communication infrastructure
On the first night of the fires in Sonoma County, large swaths of the region lost cell phone coverage and internet connectivity, as Verizon and Comcast coverage took a big hit. At the height of the destruction, as many as 77 cell towers were taken off the grid. Despite swift reaction times from the providers, the loss of communications was costly in the first, most hectic hours of the firestorm.
School district seeks members for Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee
The Board of Trustees of the Healdsburg Unified School District is establishing a Citizen's Bond Oversight Committee to review expenditures from construction activity associated with Measure D, which was approved by District voters on November 8, 2016. The committee will be responsible for ensuring that bond revenues are used only as voters intended and for informing the public of bond expenditures. The board invites all interested community members to apply for service on the Bond Oversight Committee.
